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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 long has the cargo been in existence?

2. When Meadows and Ngonyama carry a slave boy's corpse from below, what body part(s) does Meadows cut off before the corpse is thrown overboard?

3. When the mate named Fletcher comes into the meeting room, what news does he have for the mutineers?

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

5. What are the slaves forced to do in the hold so that as many of them as possible can be squeezed into the available space?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

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

8. 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?

9. How do the slaves get free?

10. When another storm comes up, Ngonyama helps Rutherford up to the deck just as an explosion rocks the boat. What appears to be the cause of the explosion?

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

Citing examples from the text, analyze and explain why Rutherford's grudges and resentment against his brother, Jackson, as well as his abandonment by both his father and (to an extent) Reverend Chandler, make it difficult for him to trust others.

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