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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. What does Rutherford admit about his own physical condition?
(a) He is in perfect health.
(b) He is near death.
(c) He is worse off than the rest of the passengers.
(d) He is in no better shape than most of the other passengers.

2. What does Ngonyama tell Rutherford he would do if he were master of the ship?
(a) He would sail back to Bangalang and kill the crew.
(b) He would sail back to Bangalang and enslave the crew.
(c) He would sail to New Orleans and return the ship to the crew.
(d) He would sail back to Bangalang and return the ship to the crew.

3. According to the rules Diamelo establishes after Captain Falcon's death, what language must be spoken by all on board?
(a) English.
(b) Swahili.
(c) Allmuseri.
(d) Portuguese.

4. What emotion does Rutherford feel for Captain Falcon after he finds him?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Pity.
(d) Disgust.

5. What does Rutherford wind up inheriting from Reverend Chandler?
(a) A Bible.
(b) Forty acres, a copy of McGuffey's Primer, and a mule.
(c) Forty dollars, a Bible, and Chandler's bedpan.
(d) Four dollars, a book of poetry, and Chandler's razor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the crew realize their only hope for survival is?

2. What does Captain Falcon tell Rutherford the secret cargo consists of?

3. When Rutherford wakes up after fainting, what medical procedure is Squibb performing on him?

4. When Reverend Chandler was near death, where did Jackson ask Rutherford to meet him?

5. When Rutherford falls while on deck, who comes to help him?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Ngonyama comes onto the orlop to check on Rutherford, what Allmuseri practice does Rutherford want to engage him in but cannot because he is too weak?

2. The night Rev. Chandler dies, he dismisses both brothers from his service. What does Rev. Chandler specifically tell Jackson about his efforts to help him?

3. When Ngonyama tells Rutherford that he would not harm the crew if he were master of the Republic, what reason does he give?

4. After his discussion with Squibb, Rutherford goes back up on deck and sees Ngonyama looking out to sea toward Bangalang. What does this remind Rutherford of?

5. When Rutherford first awakens after fainting while feeding the Allmuseri god, Squibb is feeding him a piece of steak that turns out to be Cringle's flesh. How did Cringle wind up as Rutherford's dinner?

6. After Rutherford helps throw the boy's corpse overboard, he is left with a piece of the boy's rotting flesh in his hand. What feeling does this experience leave him with?

7. After the ceremony the Allmuseri hold to cleanse the ship after the uprising, what does Ngonyama send Rutherford to do?

8. After Rutherford finishes his dinner conversation with Falcon and returns to the deck, he observes Meadows wearing various people's clothes and imitating them while beating the dogs. Why is he doing this?

9. Diamelo makes up many new rules that favor the Allmuseri and to which the Americans must submit. What winds up being the only one of these rules that is actually followed?

10. Rutherford tells Squibb about his brother and master. What reason does he give for Rev. Chandler deciding to keep him and Jackson, his brother, after Chandler inherited them from their father?

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