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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Entry 9: August 20, 1830.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rutherford befriends an Allmuseri woman and a young girl named Baleka. What relationship is Baleka to the Allmuseri woman?
(a) Daughter.
(b) Sister.
(c) None.
(d) Niece.

2. What natural event does Rutherford fear the special cargo will bring about?
(a) A hurricane.
(b) A maelstrom.
(c) The Apocalypse.
(d) Waterspouts.

3. In what way, according to Rutherford, do the Allmuseri greet visitors to their village that is often misunderstood?
(a) By spitting at their faces.
(b) By throwing dirt on them.
(c) By throwing water on them.
(d) By spitting at their feet.

4. When Rutherford sees the Allmuseri, what tribe does he describe them as taller than?
(a) Pygmy.
(b) Ashanti.
(c) Watusi.
(d) Zulu.

5. Cringle's correct speech is taken as ________, and the captain interprets his sensitivity as ___________.
(a) Arrogance; weakness.
(b) Snobbishness; prissiness.
(c) Weakness; arrogance.
(d) Prissiness; weakness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. This journal entry ends as:

4. Captain Ebenezer Falcon has a reputation for being:

5. What position does Peter Cringle hold aboard the Republic?

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