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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did freedman Rutherford Calhoun work when he was a slave?
(a) In the gardens.
(b) As a house slave.
(c) In the corn fields.
(d) In the cotton fields.

2. What is Isadora's career?
(a) Tarot reader.
(b) Shopkeeper.
(c) Schoolteacher.
(d) Bartender.

3. How many slaves is Ngonyama put in charge of?
(a) Five.
(b) Ten.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Twenty.

4. Rutherford realizes the Ngonyama's _____________ is very different from his own.
(a) Depth perception.
(b) Night vision.
(c) Hearing sensitivity.
(d) Sense of touch.

5. What ability does Ngonyama have?
(a) To negotiate even the hardest situations.
(b) To walk through walls.
(c) To become invisible.
(d) To fade into the background.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rutherford eventually take up as a career?

2. What is the total value of the ship's entire cargo?

3. What position does Peter Cringle hold aboard the Republic?

4. What does Cringle have a sixth sense about?

5. Who does Cringle tell Rutherford is already aboard the ship when Rutherford presents his (stolen) work papers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Rutherford tells Isadora he doesn't want to marry anyone. As he thinks about the situation, what does he realize about his reluctance to marry Isadora?

2. The night Rutherford meets with Zeringue, he finds that he owes Zeringue 50,000 francs. He also learns that Zeringue and Isadora have made a deal regarding his debt with Zeringue. What are the details of this deal?

3. As Cringle is taking Rutherford to meet the captain, Rutherford gives Cringle his real reasons for boarding the ship. What are they?

4. Once Rutherford has broken into the captain's quarters, what does he not do?

5. As the Republic leaves the African coast, to what does Rutherford attribute the uneasiness he senses in Captain Falcon?

6. When Rutherford is awakened by Cringle and other members of the Republic's crew, why is he so quick to obey Cringle when he orders him to his feet?

7. What did Falcon grow up determined to do with his life?

8. When Falcon begins telling Rutherford intimate details about his crew, what does Rutherford decide the captain's motives for doing so must be?

9. Rutherford's first excuse for coming aboard the ship is that he is Squibb and is ready to work. What is his second excuse, after Cringle tells him that Squibb is on board?

10. What does Rutherford say about using sob stories in situations such as his first meeting with Captain Falcon?

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