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

2. When Ngonyama comes to bring Rutherford back on deck after the storm begins, how many passengers does Ngonyama tell Rutherford remain?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Five.

3. What Allmuseri martial art is based on fighting in close quarters while bound?
(a) Kabye.
(b) Obnu Bilate.
(c) Dambe.
(d) Capoeira.

4. Whom do Cringle and Rutherford find hiding in a storeroom?
(a) Squibb.
(b) Captain Falcon.
(c) Baleka and Squibb.
(d) Tommy.

5. When he finally makes it on deck, what does Rutherford realize about the slaves?
(a) They have escaped and are staging an uprising.
(b) They are all dead down in the hold, killed by the captain's men.
(c) They have escaped and jumped overboard.
(d) They are waiting in the hold, eager to participate in the mutiny.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Rutherford goes back up on deck after evaluating Baleka, which direction does he notice Ngonyama looking toward?

3. What does Rutherford do after Squibb finishes bleeding him?

4. How does Reverend Chandler dispose of his estate?

5. When the ship sinks, where does it break apart?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Rutherford enters the captain's quarters, he finds it in ruins and the captain badly hurt by falling beams. What, due to his injuries, is the captain no longer able to control?

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

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

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

5. When another storm comes up, Ngonyama helps Rutherford up to the deck just as an explosion rocks the boat. What appears to be the cause of the explosion?

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. 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?

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