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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. When Falcon starts telling Rutherford intimate details about the crew members, how does Rutherford say it makes him feel?
(a) Privileged.
(b) Unclean.
(c) Powerful.
(d) Dirty.

2. What is another name for the crew's sleeping quarters, according to Rutherford's entry?
(a) Barracks.
(b) Berthing area.
(c) Orlop.
(d) Dunlop.

3. How old does Squibb tell Rutherford he is?
(a) Sixty.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Thirty.
(d) He is unsure of his age.

4. What effect does Rutherford say the written form of the Allmuseri language has on him?
(a) It confuses him.
(b) It angers him.
(c) It relaxes him.
(d) It makes him anxious.

5. What is the term used for the toilet?
(a) Bilge.
(b) Honey bucket.
(c) Head.
(d) Loo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Captain Falcon's opinion of the war against England?

2. What does Cringle tell Rutherford about seeing and hearing the cabin boy in Falcon's quarters?

3. When is the only time Cringle seems to relax?

4. How much water do the Allmuseri have in the hold where they are they are kept?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What tendency of Rutherford's can Reverend Chandler do nothing to stifle?

2. 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?

3. Why, although it is against his better judgment, does Rutherford steal Squibb's work papers?

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

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

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

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

9. After the storm dies down, what does Matthew McGaffin accuse Cringle of?

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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