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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jessie want the cook to give him when the wind dies?
(a) Beer.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Fruit.
(d) Water.

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

3. Who is Jessie?
(a) The antagonist.
(b) The narrator.
(c) The narrator's sister.
(d) The narrator's brother.

4. How does Jessie's aunt think he should earn money?
(a) Going to school.
(b) Selling farm goods.
(c) Playing his fife.
(d) Learning a trade.

5. Whom does Jessie see steal an egg one night?
(a) A child.
(b) A woman.
(c) A hooded figure.
(d) A rat.

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

7. Which ration does the captain cut for the crew when the wind dies?
(a) Bread.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Rum.
(d) Water.

8. How did Jessie's father die?
(a) Was murdered and robbed.
(b) Drowned.
(c) Caught pneumonia.
(d) Starved.

9. What causes Jessie to get breathless on the ship at one point?
(a) A blow to the head by a sail.
(b) His fear of the captain.
(c) His desire to be off the ship.
(d) A lack of water.

10. What does Jessie notice in the galley after the wind dies?
(a) A huge cauldron.
(b) Chains.
(c) Stacks of wooden bowls.
(d) A large barrel of coffee grinds.

11. Which country is the most fearsome to the ships in the slave trade?
(a) Britain.
(b) Italy.
(c) America.
(d) India.

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

13. What shocks Jessie most about the ship?
(a) The large size.
(b) The beauty of it.
(c) The stench.
(d) The sinister look about it.

14. Who makes a whip with nine cords?
(a) John Cooley.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Purvis.
(d) Sparks.

15. What does the Captain call Jessie?
(a) Bullet.
(b) Bollweevil.
(c) Bollucks.
(d) Ballinchain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jessie first meet the Captain?

2. What is Jessie's last name?

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

4. What will all the sailors carry when the slaves are on board?

5. Where is Jessie's bed on the ship?

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