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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jessie feel like doing when he enters the man's house?
(a) Singing.
(b) Eating.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Crying.

2. What does Purvis say when Jessie says he wishes Stout were dead?
(a) He is being unfair.
(b) Stout is dead.
(c) Stout is dying.
(d) He would kill Stout.

3. What does the man say after Jessie tells him the story of the ship?
(a) Many have shared this feeling.
(b) This too, shall pass.
(c) Your life will never be the same.
(d) That is the way it was.

4. What do some of the slave men think the slavers will do to them?
(a) Whip them.
(b) Feed them to the sharks.
(c) Eat them.
(d) Mate them.

5. What is the Captain wearing the second time the Spaniard comes on the ship?
(a) A white wig.
(b) A comical hat.
(c) A lady's frock.
(d) A large bowtie.

6. What does the man shout to the boys as they run away from him?
(a) Stop.
(b) Come.
(c) Help.
(d) Stay.

7. What does Stout tell Jessie to stay away from?
(a) The Captain's cabin.
(b) The galley.
(c) The holds.
(d) The poopdeck.

8. Why is a woman thrown overboard after leaving the supply island?
(a) She was trampled to death.
(b) She had the fever.
(c) She killed another slave.
(d) She was pregnant.

9. Which of the slaves are unshackled?
(a) None of them.
(b) The weak and sick.
(c) The elderly.
(d) Women and children.

10. What kind of bed does Jessie sleep in on the ship?
(a) Hammock.
(b) Foam pad.
(c) Bed spring.
(d) Cot.

11. Why does the ship leave the shore at night time?
(a) So they won't have to pay full price for the docking fee.
(b) So the slaves won't see the shore slipping away.
(c) To avoid detection from the British.
(d) To take advantage of the best wind.

12. What drowns out Jessie's fife during the dancing?
(a) The clapping crew.
(b) The crying children.
(c) The sound of the chains.
(d) The slaves' chanting.

13. How many groups of slaves does Jessie play for?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

14. What killed Purvis?
(a) The Captain's gun.
(b) The broken wheel.
(c) A slave's shackle.
(d) The fallen main mast.

15. What does Jessie smell when he wakes up on the shore?
(a) Smoke.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Salt.
(d) Beef.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the slaves fight over in the hold?

2. What does Jessie tell the man he is not when he helps the boys?

3. What does Cooley want to own one day?

4. What makes Jessie so agitated when he first plays for the slaves?

5. Where is the African boy going with the two black men?

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