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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rutherford eventually take up as a career?
(a) Sales.
(b) Stealing.
(c) Murder.
(d) Carpentry.

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

3. Captain Falcon tells Rutherford that the cargo they will pick up at Bangalang includes forty ______________ tribes people.
(a) Allmuseri.
(b) Ubuntu.
(c) Watusi.
(d) Pygmy.

4. According to Rutherford, what are Falcon's legs shorter than?
(a) His chart table.
(b) His bed.
(c) His captain's chair.
(d) His dining table.

5. After talking with Isadora and Mr. Zeringue, where does Rutherford go that turns out to be filled with sailors?
(a) A pub.
(b) The docks.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A store.

6. How old does Squibb tell Rutherford he is?
(a) Twenty.
(b) He is unsure of his age.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Thirty.

7. After the cargo is brought on board, what does Captain Falcon put Rutherford in charge of?
(a) Guarding the ivory and gold.
(b) Feeding the sheep.
(c) Feeding the Allmuseri.
(d) Feeding the goats.

8. How many bullet holes does Captain Falcon's door have in it?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

9. What is the term used for the toilet?
(a) Loo.
(b) Bilge.
(c) Head.
(d) Honey bucket.

10. How does Rutherford describe Nathaniel Meadows?
(a) Somewhat disfigured and meek.
(b) Extremely handsome and meek.
(c) Extremely handsome and arrogant.
(d) Severely disfigured and arrogant.

11. When the Republic begins its return trip to New Orleans, what does it encounter?
(a) Calm water and no wind.
(b) Rough water and bad weather.
(c) Hurricanes.
(d) Sea monsters.

12. Isadora agrees to pay off Rutherford's debt if he agrees to what?
(a) Kill Santos.
(b) Work aboard the Republic.
(c) Kill Mr. Zeringue.
(d) Marry her the next day.

13. What is Isadora's career?
(a) Tarot reader.
(b) Schoolteacher.
(c) Shopkeeper.
(d) Bartender.

14. What does Captain Falcon consider himself?
(a) Misunderstood.
(b) Unpopular.
(c) Popular.
(d) A genius.

15. How many lines of a book had Captain Falcon taught himself to read at once?
(a) Two.
(b) Six.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Eight.

Short Answer Questions

1. While in New Orleans, where does Rutherford like to hang out?

2. When he arrives in New Orleans, where does Rutherford try, but fail, to find work?

3. What does Cringle have a sixth sense about?

4. Where does the explorer now reside?

5. What is the name of the sailor Rutherford meets?

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