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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. How did Cringle wind up as part of the Republic's crew?

2. What is the only thing that Falcon is concerned with?

3. Jackson is the epitome of goodness, and Rutherford is the ______________.

4. After Rutherford finds crew members in the storeroom, he returns to the captain's cabin. In what condition does he find Captain Falcon?

5. What form does the Allmuseri god take when Rutherford goes to feed it?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. When Rutherford first awakens after fainting while feeding the Allmuseri god, Squibb is feeding him a piece of steak that turns out to be Cringle's flesh. How did Cringle wind up as Rutherford's dinner?

6. How do the slaves get free?

7. 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?

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

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

10. After Rutherford is thrown into the water, he sees the Allmuseri grabbing onto wood and debris to stay afloat; however, they are still very close to the ship. What happens to nearly all of the Allmuseri when the ship goes below the surface?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Rutherford described Cringle as having a sixth sense about disaster. Using examples from the text, demonstrate, analyze, and explain how this sixth sense proved to be an accurate foreshadowing of the events that took place during the Republic's voyage.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Rutherford's reaction to Falcon's story of cannibalism in the beginning of the novel with his reaction upon learning that he has eaten a piece of Cringle's flesh, and explain the irony in Rutherford eating Cringle's body without knowing it. Use the text as backup.

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