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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Jessie told he will be doing on the ship?
(a) Helping the cook.
(b) Catching rats.
(c) Playing his fife.
(d) Cleaning the cabins.

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

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

4. What is used to cover the hatches at the hold?
(a) Chains.
(b) Tarpaulin.
(c) Gratings.
(d) Mesh.

5. What does Jessie call to his father in his dreams?
(a) Live!
(b) Swim!
(c) Run!
(d) Fight!

6. Why does Jessie decide to take the longest way home?
(a) He heard there would be a good brawl.
(b) He does not want to go home.
(c) He is restless.
(d) He is bored.

7. What does the Captain do when he first meets Jessie?
(a) Bites his ear.
(b) Slaps his face.
(c) Throttles him.
(d) Whips him.

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

9. What do the men on the ship start doing when the wind dies?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Gambling.
(c) Quarreling.
(d) Drinking.

10. How old is Jessie when he is put on the ship?
(a) 13.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

11. How is the weather on Jessie's first day at sea?
(a) Rainy.
(b) Hot and balmy.
(c) Perfect.
(d) Windy.

12. What is the only pretty thing in Jessie's house?
(a) A wedding picture of his parents.
(b) A basket of thread.
(c) A porcelain doll.
(d) His sister.

13. What did Purvis say to calm Jessie's fears about his mother?
(a) That his mother knows where he is.
(b) That he has spoken to his mother.
(c) That they will mail a letter to his mother.
(d) That his mother asked them to do this.

14. What is Jessie's mother's occupation?
(a) Singer.
(b) Butter Churner.
(c) Seamstress.
(d) Maid.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jessie want to be when he gets older?

2. What does Jessie do to earn money?

3. What is the Captain's last name?

4. How many homes were destroyed by the fire Jessie saw when he was little?

5. Who is Jessie?

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