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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the dead boy who was found on the beach buried?
(a) Next to his mother.
(b) He is not buried. He is cremated.
(c) The ocean.
(d) In the common plot.

2. Who receives a letter from Thurso?
(a) Erasmus.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Paris.
(d) Kemp.

3. What is the verdict of the palaver?
(a) Guilty.
(b) There is no verdict.
(c) Not guilty.
(d) It is not clear.

4. Who offers Erasmus a job?
(a) Henry Adams.
(b) His mother.
(c) Mr. Wolpert.
(d) Thurso.

5. Who is fitted with leg irons on the Ship?
(a) Wilson.
(b) Paris.
(c) Haines.
(d) Calley.

6. Who is the Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Southern District?
(a) Daniel Cleary.
(b) Edward Wofford.
(c) George Watson.
(d) Percy Redwood.

7. Which of the following weapons kills Deakin?
(a) A pistol.
(b) A spear.
(c) A musket.
(d) A rock.

8. Whose body does Paris find in a shed?
(a) Sarah Wolpert's.
(b) Yellow Henry's.
(c) Mr. Kemp's.
(d) Daniel Calley's.

9. Who does Paris tell about the bodies that he finds in a shed?
(a) No one.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Erasmus.
(d) His wife.

10. What does Erasmus plan on changing about Sarah once they are married?
(a) Her religious views.
(b) Her relationship with her family.
(c) Her education.
(d) Her personality.

11. What does Mr. Kemp's death certificate list as his cause of death?
(a) Excessive bleeding.
(b) Suffocation.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Natural causes.

12. Why do so many crew members die in Book One, Part Seven?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Starvation.
(c) Illness.
(d) Fights.

13. Which of the following adjectives describe Timothy Owen?
(a) Intimidating and outspoken.
(b) Strong and robust.
(c) Sickly and unhappy.
(d) Mild-mannered and pleasant.

14. In Book Two, with whom does Paris' son live?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His mother.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) Paris.

15. Who does Paris join in Book Two, Part Nine, at the settlement?
(a) Inchebe.
(b) Tabakali.
(c) Watson.
(d) His son.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Delblanc's profession?

2. In Book One, Part Five, who decides to go ashore?

3. Who leaves the Ship when the men pass out?

4. What frightened Paris's wife?

5. Why are Blair and Inchebe arguing?

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