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

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

3. What does Captain Falcon ask Rutherford to give him?

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

5. Rutherford notices that Cringle's body is covered in:

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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. After Rutherford helps throw the boy's corpse overboard, he is left with a piece of the boy's rotting flesh in his hand. What feeling does this experience leave him with?

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

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

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

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

9. The night Rev. Chandler dies, he dismisses both brothers from his service. What does Rev. Chandler specifically tell Jackson about his efforts to help him?

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

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

Analyze and explain how Rutherford's difficulty, post-rescue, in adjusting to a peaceful life, along with his physical changes, are indicative of how much the voyage aboard the Republic had changed him. Back up your statements with examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Using the text as backup, analyze how Cringle's lifelong quest to please his father has destroyed him emotionally and psychologically, and explain how Cringle's physical condition in Entry 7 is used by the author to symbolize his internal devastation.

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