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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who helps Jessie make a dining tent for the slaves?
(a) Sparks.
(b) Stout.
(c) Smith.
(d) Gardere.

3. What does Purvis say makes cooks so angry?
(a) The smoke.
(b) The salt.
(c) The heat.
(d) The smell.

4. What strange thing happens on shore when Jessie gets to the Bight of Benin?
(a) Strong waves prevent them from docking.
(b) The water is infested with sharks.
(c) The shore is on fire.
(d) They strike a coral reef.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jessie notice in the galley after the wind dies?

2. What does Stout get angry about after the wind dies?

3. Why is Jessie so hesitant about being on a slave ship?

4. Who does Jessie talk to when he is curious about his first sight of the slaves?

5. What has Jessie's mother told him to stay away from?

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