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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. When Rutherford goes back on deck, what does he find himself dreaming of?

2. When Rutherford goes back up on deck after evaluating Baleka, which direction does he notice Ngonyama looking toward?

3. After Rutherford finishes telling Squibb about Reverend Chandler's death, what illness does he say that Baleka seems to have?

4. During the storm, although the deck is in chaos, Rutherford can see Ngonyama. What does Ngonyama do?

5. How many years older than Rutherford is his brother Jackson?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. 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?

7. 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?

8. 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?

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

10. Rutherford begins daydreaming about Isadora. What does he see himself doing in his daydream?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast how the Allmuseri are originally described in Entry 4 with how they actually lived up to their reputations, and analyze how their experiences, and exposure to a new way of life, on board the Republic could have contributed to this fundamental change in their character. Back up your statements with proof from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Using the text as backup, compare and contrast Rutherford's and Captain Falcon's personalities, particularly their individual approaches towards honesty and ability to trust, and explain how the relationship that develops between them plays a role in the development of the novel.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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