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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. During his sob story, how did Rutherford say his mother had died?

2. Where does the explorer now reside?

3. Rutherford warns the reader not to be too ________________ his way of life.

4. Isadora's terms leave Rutherford so afraid that he is afflicted for several hours with bouts of _________________.

5. What is the main thing that Rutherford notices about the Republic?

Short Essay Questions

1. Rutherford's first excuse for coming aboard the ship is that he is Squibb and is ready to work. What is his second excuse, after Cringle tells him that Squibb is on board?

2. When Falcon begins telling Rutherford intimate details about his crew, what does Rutherford decide the captain's motives for doing so must be?

3. As the Republic leaves the African coast, to what does Rutherford attribute the uneasiness he senses in Captain Falcon?

4. As Rutherford learns more about the Republic from Cringle, he finds it is a typical ship. What, according to Rutherford, is a "typical ship"?

5. How does Cringle compare jail and being a crew member aboard a ship?

6. How does Rutherford describe Captain Falcon?

7. What does Rutherford say about using sob stories in situations such as his first meeting with Captain Falcon?

8. Once Rutherford has broken into the captain's quarters, what does he not do?

9. In what languages does Captain Falcon think simultaneously?

10. When Rutherford shows Ngonyama a picture of Isadora, why does he ask why she has smudges on her face?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Slavery also figured highly in the lives of all characters in Middle Passage, not just in the lives of the Allmuseri. Using the text as your backup, choose one of the following characters, and explain how and by what he or she was enslaved.

1) Captain Falcon

2) Rutherford

3) Isadora

4) Zeringue

5) Squibb

6) Nathaniel Meadows

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Isadora's and Rutherford's personalities, and explain why the differences in their personalities made their attraction to each other so powerful. Back up your arguments with examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and explain how the events that took place during the voyage to and from Bangalang cause Rutherford to move from resistance to, to willingness to, marry Isadora. Back up your argument with proof from the text.

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