Question 1

When you are asked to make a guess on why one shackle out of 49 is left empty, what skill are you using?

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Inferencing

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<P>Analyzing </P>

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Conveying information

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Providing Evidence

Question 2

Which description of Gender best matches the text?

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Gender is a cruel and greedy man who takes pleasure in hurting others.

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Gender is a weak man dependent on others.

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Gender is not a fan of slavery, but he is forced to support it because he lives in Charleston, SC.

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Gender is forced to hunt and capture his own slaves because he is hurting financially.

Question 3

Which quote best supports Gender's characterization as cruel and heartless?

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"He had conceived the raider-plan because of a nature that fed on savagery and mastery."

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"He was making money this way, fairly coining it--and money was worth the making..."

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"He had told himself that it was intensely practical and profitable."

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"For years he had dreamed and planned for this adventure, as other men dream and plan for European tours..."

Question 4

What does the writer mean when he uses the following simile for the slaves' song: "like a rhythmic swarm of bees"?

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The song was a humming rhythm heard in the background of other noises.

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The song is heard in the background, but Gender ignores it.

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The song is happy as the slaves work.

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The song was soothing and comforting.

Question 5

What element of plot is seen in the following Silva quote: "It means something like this--'Though you carry me away in chains, I am free when I die. Back will I come to bewitch and kill you.'"

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Foreshadowing

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<P>Conflict</P>

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Dramatic Irony

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Rising Action

Question 6

How does the third person limited point-of-view affect the text?

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The reader sees how Gender feels about the slave song, but the reader has little knowledge of what the other characters of his crew think about the song.

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The reader knows how all of the characters feel about Gender's cruelty and greed.

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The reader can see how much the slaves hate Gender in multiple ways beyond the threatening song.

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The reader clearly sees how Gender, Silva, and Captain Dunlapp feel about the song.

Question 7

What is the reader's mood towards Gender as a result of the third person point-of-view?

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Disgusted and Disturbed

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Fearful and Terrified

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Approving and Accepting

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Admiring and Respectful

Question 8

What can one assume about the writer's perspective on slavery and the Middle Passage based on his description of Gender?

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Wellman thinks it is cruel and vicious practice that allowed men like to Gender to take advantage of their position.

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Wellman thinks it is a profitable business adventure and even more so if the middle man is cut out.

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Wellman thinks it is a necessary evil for the colonies to thrive.

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Wellman approves of using human labor.

Question 9

Why does Captain Dunlap provide Gender with an example of a group of "fifteen hundred Mohammedans praying at once?"

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He wishes to emphasize the idea that there is power in numbers.

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He wishes to emphasize how slaves singing together mean nothing.

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He wishes to explain that slaves are not capable of unity.

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He wishes to show that white men will never understand individuals from other countries.

Question 10

Why does Captain Dunlapp say that the garments of 1500 hundred praying Mohammedans "swish like a gust of a gale"?

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He wants to show the unity and power that comes from a large group devoted to one goal.

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He wants to show there is more power in the individual than in the group.

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He wants to show that large groups just produce a lot of chaos without really achieving anything.

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He want to show most groups of people are not capable of unity.

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