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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 Baleka comes to check on Rutherford, what does she tell him?
(a) It is his turn to feed the Allmuseri god.
(b) It is his turn to clean out the hold.
(c) It is his turn to empty the slop pails in the head.
(d) It is his turn to make dinner.

2. When the mate named Fletcher comes into the meeting room, what news does he have for the mutineers?
(a) The captain's men have caught wind of the mutiny and have begun killing the crew.
(b) The slaves have escaped and are revolting.
(c) Everything is in place and the mutiny can start whenever the men are ready.
(d) The captain's men have caught wind of the mutiny and have abandoned ship.

3. After the captain dies, what is done with him and all his possessions?
(a) They are thrown overboard.
(b) They are burned on a funeral pyre.
(c) They are locked in his cabin.
(d) They are brought on deck and defiled.

4. How did Cringle wind up as part of the Republic's crew?
(a) He was commissioned after graduating from school.
(b) He was appointed to it by his father.
(c) He volunteered.
(d) He was shanghaied.

5. What does Rutherford's father, Riley, like to do after a long day of working?
(a) Play the violin and sing.
(b) Play the drums and dance.
(c) Play the tambourine and sing.
(d) Play the guitar and sing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who becomes the unofficial ship's doctor?

2. How much of Rutherford's blood does Squibb eventually draw?

3. What does Rutherford admit about his own physical condition?

4. 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?

5. What does the captain tell Rutherford he must do, no matter what happens?

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. 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?

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

4. How do the slaves get free?

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. 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?

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