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

2. What is the name of the sailor Rutherford meets?
(a) Meadows.
(b) Squidd.
(c) Squibb.
(d) Tommy.

3. How much water do the Allmuseri have in the hold where they are they are kept?
(a) A foot.
(b) Six inches.
(c) An inch.
(d) Two feet.

4. What does Captain Falcon catch Rutherford doing one night?
(a) Stealing from the rest of the crew.
(b) Stealing from the liquor stash.
(c) Rummaging through his cabin.
(d) Rummaging through the galley.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isadora tell Rutherford he should do instead of constantly getting drunk?

2. The sailor that Rutherford meets in Entry 1 is taking the position of ____________ aboard Captain Falcon's ship.

3. Where does Tommy stay for the rest of the voyage to New Orleans?

4. How does Tommy wind up being the first to try to look at the mysterious cargo inside the crate?

5. How many days does it take the Republic to travel from New Orleans to Africa?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Falcon begins telling Rutherford intimate details about his crew, what does Rutherford decide the captain's motives for doing so must be?

2. When Cringle is appointed to become captain once Falcon is out of the way, what does he promise the crew?

3. When Rutherford, angry about the deal Isadora has made with Zeringue, asks her "how could you do this to me?" what is her response?

4. As Cringle is taking Rutherford to meet the captain, Rutherford gives Cringle his real reasons for boarding the ship. What are they?

5. How does Rutherford describe Captain Falcon?

6. What tendency of Rutherford's can Reverend Chandler do nothing to stifle?

7. As Rutherford learns more about the Republic from Cringle, he finds it is a typical ship. What, according to Rutherford, is a "typical ship"?

8. What does Rutherford think about Isadora's choice of New Orleans as her city of residence?

9. In what languages does Captain Falcon think simultaneously?

10. After the mutiny conference when Rutherford brings Captain Falcon his dinner, what does he say to the captain when asked for a report on the activities of the crew?

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