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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Moonlight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the slave who shooed Jessie away from a window?
(a) Sun.
(b) Moon.
(c) Sky.
(d) Star.

2. What is Jessie most afraid of as he is taken through the marshes?
(a) Alligators.
(b) Quicksand.
(c) Not making it back home.
(d) Cottonmouth snakes.

3. How long is the voyage supposed to take?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 5 months.

4. What is the horrid smell on the ship?
(a) Chloride of lime.
(b) Salt and vinegar.
(c) Tar.
(d) Blood, sweat and tears.

5. What is the first question Jessie was asked on the ship?
(a) What his name was.
(b) Where he was from.
(c) What he knew about ships.
(d) How old he was.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jessie's mother's occupation?

2. What is the only pretty thing in Jessie's house?

3. What does Purvis say makes cooks so angry?

4. What is the name of the man who paid Jessie earlier in the day?

5. Why is Jessie late coming home at the beginning of the book?

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