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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. What does Spark touch for good luck?
(a) A gold piece.
(b) A carronade.
(c) The main mast.
(d) The figure head.

2. Who sells the slaves from Africa to the slavers?
(a) Young sailors.
(b) The prison keepers.
(c) African Ambassadors.
(d) Native kings.

3. What is the name of the ship Jessie is taken to?
(a) The Moonlight.
(b) The Midnight.
(c) The Star.
(d) The North Star.

4. Who snaps Jessie out of his breathless state at one point?
(a) The Mate.
(b) Purvis.
(c) The Captain.
(d) Curry.

5. What does Jessie say really provides for his family?
(a) His father's ghost.
(b) God.
(c) A needle.
(d) His mother's heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jessie?

2. What is used to cover the hatches at the hold?

3. How many slaves were for sale at the market at the beginning of the book?

4. Who makes a whip with nine cords?

5. Who does Jessie have little interaction with?

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