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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 the food rations become low, what do the crew begin eating?
(a) Rats and leeches.
(b) Insects.
(c) Candles and leather.
(d) The corpses of those killed in the battle.

2. When the ship sinks, where does it break apart?
(a) At the back.
(b) At the front.
(c) Across the middle.
(d) Down the center.

3. When Rutherford encounters Falcon in the passageway after one of Falcon's booby traps goes off, what emotion does he hear in Falcon's voice?
(a) Excitement.
(b) Fear.
(c) Nervousness.
(d) Rage.

4. What is the steak that Squibb feeds Rutherford after he returns to consciousness?
(a) Meadows.
(b) Cringle.
(c) New York strip.
(d) Ribeye.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Captain Falcon ask Rutherford to give him?

2. When Baleka comes to check on Rutherford, what does she tell him?

3. When the mate named Fletcher comes into the meeting room, what news does he have for the mutineers?

4. Whom does Diamelo threaten to kill for not understanding orders?

5. Whom do Cringle and Rutherford find hiding in a storeroom?

Short Essay Questions

1. One night, Cringle tells Rutherford about his father. How does Cringle describe his father's attitude towards money and the rich?

2. What is the attitude and behavior of Diamelo, one of the Allmuseri men who led the rebellion, towards the Americans?

3. When the slaves are brought up from the hold, among them is a dead boy. Why does Meadows slice off the boy's ears before throwing the corpse overboard?

4. 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?

5. What is Falcon's motive for bringing the Allmuseri god on board?

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

7. 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?

8. Why do the Allmuseri spit at visitors' feet?

9. When the Republic breaks apart, what does Squibb do?

10. 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?

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