View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. During his sob story, how did Rutherford say his mother had died?

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

5. What is the total value of the ship's entire cargo?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Rutherford shows Ngonyama a picture of Isadora, why does he ask why she has smudges on her face?

2. After the storm dies down, what does Matthew McGaffin accuse Cringle of?

3. On the day Rutherford meets Baleka and her mother, he throws Baleka a biscuit. What is her mother's response?

4. What did Falcon grow up determined to do with his life?

5. How does Isadora try to convince Rutherford to change?

6. How does Cringle compare jail and being a crew member aboard a ship?

7. When Falcon returns to his cabin and finds Rutherford there, he tells Rutherford that he has to defend himself against six men. What weapon does Falcon use?

8. What is Captain Falcon's reason for telling Rutherford to sit down?

9. What kind of man does Rutherford see portrayed in Captain Falcon's journal entries?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is Cringle's sacrifice of his body for the crew in Entry 8 in line with, or antithetical to, his character? Provide a complete analysis and exposition of your stance, and use the text as proof of your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

Using the text as backup, demonstrate and explain how the key that Rutherford gives Ngonyama in Entry 5 symbolizes the trust that is developing between the two men.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and explain how Rutherford's difficulty, post-rescue, in adjusting to a peaceful life, along with his physical changes, are indicative of how much the voyage aboard the Republic had changed him. Back up your statements with examples from the text.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 596 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample