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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 frightened Paris's wife?
(a) Pregnancy.
(b) A fire.
(c) A mob.
(d) A spider.

2. Who boards the Ship as a passenger in Book One, Part Six?
(a) Erasmus.
(b) Delblanc.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Calley's mother.

3. What is Temka Tongman doing when he sees the ship?
(a) Taking a walk.
(b) Building a dinghy.
(c) Checking his fish nets.
(d) Cooking breakfast.

4. Which of the following individuals share Sallian Kivee?
(a) Blair and Inchebe.
(b) Paris and Inchebe.
(c) Hughes and Adams.
(d) Paris and Kemp.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is fitted with leg irons on the Ship?

2. Who is a principal slave dealer?

3. In Book Two, with whom does Paris' son live?

4. Who is the first person whom Erasmus tells about his father's death?

5. Who does Thurso throw overboard?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the role of depression in Book One, Part Six.

2. How does Mrs. Kemp change after her husband's death?

3. How does the syntax change in Book Two, Part Nine?

4. Do you find Thurso's action of throwing slaves overboard surprising? Why or why not?

5. Describe Thurso's life prior to being a ship captain.

6. Describe the story of the trees as told by Paris and Kenka.

7. What sort of effect does Wolpert realize Erasmus has on Sarah?

8. Explain "the sacred hunger". What is the narrator referring to by using that phrase?

9. What problems do you foresee in the potential relationship between Erasmus and Sarah?

10. Describe how the death of Mr. Kemp is discovered.

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