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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. What is Reverend Chandler's reaction to Jackson's refusal to accept a gift of land or property?
(a) He calls Jackson pathetic.
(b) He calls Jackson a visionary.
(c) He suggests Jackson reconsider.
(d) He calls Jackson wise beyond his years.

2. How does Captain Falcon die?
(a) He is murdered.
(b) He commits suicide.
(c) He dies from the injuries he suffered when his cabin collapsed.
(d) He is made to walk the plank and is eaten by sharks.

3. What does Ngonyama tell Rutherford he would do if he were master of the ship?
(a) He would sail back to Bangalang and return the ship to the crew.
(b) He would sail back to Bangalang and kill the crew.
(c) He would sail to New Orleans and return the ship to the crew.
(d) He would sail back to Bangalang and enslave the crew.

4. What does Ngonyama tell Rutherford, during the battle on deck, that he must do now if he is going to do it at all?
(a) Plead for the lives of any men he wishes to spare.
(b) Plead for his own life.
(c) Convince the Allmuseri that he is on their side.
(d) Convince the crew to surrender before they are all killed.

5. What emotion does Rutherford feel for Captain Falcon after he finds him?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Pity.
(c) Disgust.
(d) Compassion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jackson is the epitome of goodness, and Rutherford is the ______________.

2. After his conversation with Falcon, what does Rutherford see?

3. How long has the cargo been in existence?

4. What does Captain Falcon ask Rutherford to give him?

5. After Rutherford finds crew members in the storeroom, he returns to the captain's cabin. In what condition does he find Captain Falcon?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the slaves get free?

2. When the Republic breaks apart, what does Squibb do?

3. Why do the Allmuseri spit at visitors' feet?

4. When Rutherford enters the captain's quarters, he finds it in ruins and the captain badly hurt by falling beams. What, due to his injuries, is the captain no longer able to control?

5. What is the attitude and behavior of Diamelo, one of the Allmuseri men who led the rebellion, towards the Americans?

6. One night, Cringle tells Rutherford about his father. How does Cringle describe his father's attitude towards money and the rich?

7. Diamelo makes up many new rules that favor the Allmuseri and to which the Americans must submit. What winds up being the only one of these rules that is actually followed?

8. When another storm comes up, Ngonyama helps Rutherford up to the deck just as an explosion rocks the boat. What appears to be the cause of the explosion?

9. Rutherford begins daydreaming about Isadora. What does he see himself doing in his daydream?

10. After Rutherford finishes his dinner conversation with Falcon and returns to the deck, he observes Meadows wearing various people's clothes and imitating them while beating the dogs. Why is he doing this?

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