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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. Whose body does Paris find in a shed?
(a) Mr. Kemp's.
(b) Daniel Calley's.
(c) Yellow Henry's.
(d) Sarah Wolpert's.

2. What is Delblanc's profession?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Artist.
(c) Business owner.
(d) Attorney.

3. Who is fitted with leg irons on the Ship?
(a) Wilson.
(b) Paris.
(c) Calley.
(d) Haines.

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

5. Who is the first person whom Erasmus tells about his father's death?
(a) Mrs. Paris.
(b) Mrs. Wolpert.
(c) Mrs. Kemp.
(d) Mrs. Adams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who boards the Ship as a passenger in Book One, Part Six?

2. Who meets the Company Fort Governor?

3. Why does Erasmus turn down the job?

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

5. What benefit would Thurso get for lost cargo?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain "the sacred hunger". What is the narrator referring to by using that phrase?

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

3. Describe how the death of Mr. Kemp is discovered.

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

5. Tell the story about the monkey that Cavana buys on the ship. What is the monkey's fate?

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

7. Explain the role of depression in Book One, Part Six.

8. What role does witchcraft play in this story?

9. What is the Trionfi Club?

10. What conflict does Erasmus come upon in Book Two, Part Eight?

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