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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. After the slave boy's corpse is thrown overboard, what does Ngonyama return to Rutherford?
(a) The gun Rutherford had given him.
(b) The key Rutherford had given him.
(c) The ring Rutherford had given him.
(d) The book Rutherford had given him.

2. What does Captain Falcon tell Rutherford the secret cargo consists of?
(a) An Allmuseri god.
(b) An Allmuseri king.
(c) A never-before-seen bird.
(d) A dinosaur.

3. After the battle ends, whom do the Allmuseri accuse of being responsible for the brutal ways in which they were treated?
(a) Rutherford.
(b) Meadows.
(c) Cringle.
(d) Falcon.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Reverend Chandler was near death, where did Jackson ask Rutherford to meet him?

2. How does Captain Falcon die?

3. That night, the Allmuseri have a ceremony to ___________ the ship.

4. Wounded limbs are treated by _____________; a sore tooth is treated by _____________.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. 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?

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

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

6. 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?

7. 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?

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

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

10. After Rutherford finishes his dinner conversation with Falcon and returns to the deck, he observes Meadows wearing various people's clothes and imitating them while beating the dogs. Why is he doing this?

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