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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. This journal entry ends as:
(a) Rutherford feels himself slipping below the water.
(b) Rutherford reaches land.
(c) Rutherford is rescued by a passing ship.
(d) Rutherford dies.

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

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

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

5. What does Captain Falcon ask Rutherford to give him?
(a) A knife.
(b) The magnetic ring he had given Rutherford.
(c) A drink of water.
(d) The gun he had given Rutherford.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. 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?

6. How do the slaves get free?

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

9. 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?

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

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