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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who lives together in peace in a settlement?
(a) Animals and humans.
(b) Blacks and Whites.
(c) English and Irish.
(d) Indians and Caribbeans.

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

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

4. Who leaves the story in Book One, Part Five?
(a) Erasmus.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Charles.
(d) Adams.

5. What is the verdict of the palaver?
(a) Guilty.
(b) It is not clear.
(c) There is no verdict.
(d) Not guilty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group lives in the city that Erasmus goes in Book Two?

2. What does Sarah realize about Erasmus at the end of Book One, Part Seven?

3. Who does Erasmus decide must be brought to justice?

4. What does the portrait that Delblanc has painted look like?

5. What frightened Paris's wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Kemp deny that her husband committed suicide?

2. What problems do you foresee in the potential relationship between Erasmus and Sarah?

3. What is the Trionfi Club?

4. What is the relationship between Delblanc and Paris like in Book One, Part Six?

5. What does Paris find in a shed near Timothy Owens' place? What is his reaction?

6. How does Erasmus discover the ship in the swamp?

7. How does Mrs. Kemp change after her husband's death?

8. Contrast the fort with the impoverished town that Paris visits in Book One, Part Six.

9. How does Paris' fair treatment of others benefit him in Book One, Part Six?

10. Describe Thurso's life prior to being a ship captain.

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