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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is on board the ship to keep slaves from jumping overboard?
(a) Beautiful women.
(b) A mean dog.
(c) An electric fence.
(d) A barricade.

2. Who does Kemp meet with in Book Two, Part Eight?
(a) Governor of the Fort.
(b) His Royal Highness.
(c) Sarah's new husband.
(d) Sir William Templeton.

3. Who is in love with Dinka?
(a) Paris.
(b) Sefadu.
(c) Inchebe.
(d) Tabakali.

4. In Book One, Part Five, who decides to go ashore?
(a) Kemp and Wolpert.
(b) Thurso and Barton.
(c) Calley and Erasmus.
(d) Sarah and her father.

5. Which of the following does Thurso blame for the ship's problems?
(a) The dog.
(b) Paris.
(c) The monkey.
(d) The gods.

6. What does Erasmus think about during his father's funeral?
(a) How he would like to be a crew member on the Ship.
(b) What he will do with his life.
(c) Sarah Wolpert.
(d) How his father sniffed wood of the Ship.

7. Who does Paris join in Book Two, Part Nine, at the settlement?
(a) Watson.
(b) His son.
(c) Tabakali.
(d) Inchebe.

8. To whom does Thurso write a letter?
(a) Paris.
(b) Kemp.
(c) Adams.
(d) Wolpert.

9. Who takes Calley back to the Ship?
(a) Susu people.
(b) Daniel and Paris.
(c) Erasmus.
(d) Creek people.

10. Who does Paris tell about his wife's death?
(a) No one.
(b) Erasmus.
(c) A slave boy.
(d) Delblanc.

11. Why is it hard to hear the fiddle aboard the Ship?
(a) The rats make too much noise at night.
(b) The clanking of slaves' shackles.
(c) The loud parties that are constantly taking place.
(d) The waves are too strong.

12. Who is upset when Erasmus turns down the job?
(a) Paris.
(b) Adams.
(c) Sarah.
(d) His mother.

13. What do Thurso and the Governor discuss?
(a) The prices of slaves.
(b) The price of gold.
(c) The weather.
(d) Their families.

14. What does the portrait that Delblanc has painted look like?
(a) A death mask.
(b) A robot.
(c) A woman.
(d) An elephant.

15. What is Temka Tongman doing when he sees the ship?
(a) Cooking breakfast.
(b) Building a dinghy.
(c) Checking his fish nets.
(d) Taking a walk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who offers Erasmus a job?

2. Which character becomes ill with fever in Book One, Part Seven?

3. What city does Erasmus travel to in Book Two?

4. What type of challenges are there on the Ship in Book One, Part Seven?

5. Who leaves the Ship when the men pass out?

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