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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. How does Rutherford describe Nathaniel Meadows?
(a) Somewhat disfigured and meek.
(b) Extremely handsome and arrogant.
(c) Extremely handsome and meek.
(d) Severely disfigured and arrogant.

2. At the beginning of Entry 2, what does Rutherford say wakes him up?
(a) A knife pressed against his neck.
(b) A pistol pressed against his stomach.
(c) A pistol pressed against his head.
(d) A knife pressed against his stomach.

3. What was the profession of Captain Falcon's father?
(a) Minister.
(b) Sailor.
(c) Blacksmith.
(d) Shopkeeper.

4. What is the name of the Spanish explorer who is the source of the only recorded description of the tribes people the crew will be picking up?
(a) Garcia Rafael.
(b) Marco Garcia.
(c) Rafael Garcia.
(d) Marco Polo.

5. After the storm passes, what about Ngonyama sets him apart from all the others on board the ship?
(a) He is encased in ice.
(b) He is wearing a life jacket.
(c) He is naked.
(d) He is completely dry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Captain Falcon asks Rutherford to be his ____________ around the crew.

2. How much pay does Falcon offer Rutherford (an offer that Rutherford accepts) to remain part of the crew?

3. What does Captain Falcon catch Rutherford doing one night?

4. The next time Rutherford talks to Falcon, what does Falcon tell him he plans to do with the Allmuseri once they reach land?

5. What ability does Ngonyama have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Captain Falcon's reason for telling Rutherford to sit down?

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

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

4. On the day Rutherford meets Baleka and her mother, he throws Baleka a biscuit. What is her mother's response?

5. When Rutherford shows Ngonyama a picture of Isadora, why does he ask why she has smudges on her face?

6. What, according to Rutherford, is proof of Isadora's kind heart?

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

8. When Cringle is appointed to become captain once Falcon is out of the way, what does he promise the crew?

9. As Rutherford learns more about the Republic from Cringle, he finds it is a typical ship. What, according to Rutherford, is a "typical ship"?

10. 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?

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