2. What is the only thing that Falcon is concerned with?
(a) Money and fame.
(b) World peace.
(c) His ship and crew.
(d) Finding a wife.

3. When Meadows and Ngonyama carry a slave boy's corpse from below, what body part(s) does Meadows cut off before the corpse is thrown overboard?
(a) Both feet.
(b) The nose.
(c) Both ears.
(d) Both hands.

4. When Rutherford goes back on deck, what does he find himself dreaming of?
(a) Isadora.
(b) Home.
(c) His father.
(d) Bangalang.

5. How old does Rutherford estimate the deceased slave boy to be?
(a) Younger than him.
(b) Older than him.
(c) About his age.
(d) About Ngonyama's age.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did Rutherford's father try to escape?

2. What is the steak that Squibb feeds Rutherford after he returns to consciousness?

3. After the slave boy's corpse is thrown overboard, what does Ngonyama return to Rutherford?

4. When Ngonyama falls ill, what does Squibb diagnose him with?

5. What form does the Allmuseri god take when Rutherford goes to feed it?

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. 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?

3. Captain Falcon tells Rutherford the names of the Republic's three financiers. Who are they?

4. When another ship is sighted, what does Diamelo suggest doing about it?

5. 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?

6. After Rutherford is thrown into the water, he sees the Allmuseri grabbing onto wood and debris to stay afloat; however, they are still very close to the ship. What happens to nearly all of the Allmuseri when the ship goes below the surface?

7. Rutherford begins daydreaming about Isadora. What does he see himself doing in his daydream?

8. When Cringle decides to begin the mutiny and sends Rutherford to Falcon's cabin, what happens to Fletcher?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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