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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jessie describe the Cuban shoreline?
(a) Pristine.
(b) Obscure.
(c) Clean.
(d) Smoky.

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

3. Who is told to watch over the children when a sail is seen while the Spaniard is aboard?
(a) Jessie.
(b) Purvis.
(c) Stout.
(d) The Spaniard.

4. What does Jessie see in the water before he spots a deserted island?
(a) Manta rays.
(b) Dolphins.
(c) Sharks.
(d) Glowing fish.

5. On the ship with 500 slaves that Purvis was on, how many slaves survived ?
(a) 383.
(b) 83.
(c) 183.
(d) 283.

6. What game does Purvis play with Jessie after his fife is found?
(a) Jacks.
(b) Poker.
(c) Cat's Cradle.
(d) Old Maid.

7. What trait in Purvis does Jessie notice after they play a game?
(a) His tidiness.
(b) His anger.
(c) His strength.
(d) His loyalty.

8. How old is the slave who looks bent and old?
(a) 27.
(b) 37.
(c) 17.
(d) 47.

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

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

11. What helped Jessie swim to shore?
(a) The African boy.
(b) The waves.
(c) An inner voice.
(d) The cry of birds.

12. Where have Jessie and the African boy landed?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Florida.

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

14. Where does Ned look when the slaves are on the deck?
(a) Toward heaven.
(b) At the women.
(c) At his hands.
(d) To the sea.

15. What does Stout tell Jessie to get out of the Captain's cabin?
(a) A chest.
(b) A key.
(c) A map.
(d) A whip.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Spaniard drink before taking the slaves with him?

2. How did the man come to live on that beach?

3. What comes out of the trees when the boys wake up on the shore?

4. Who flogged Jessie?

5. Why does Ned say his involvement with the slaves is different than the other men?

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