3. What will the Spaniard do with the slaves before selling them?
(a) Teach them to speak.
(b) Fatten them.
(c) Train them.
(d) Cure their illness.

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

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

6. What does Purvis say happened to all the men on the ship in his horror story?
(a) They went deaf.
(b) They went blind.
(c) They went dumb.
(d) They began fearing water.

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

8. What do Jessie and the African boy do while hiding?
(a) Hold each other.
(b) Talk to each other.
(c) Watch the storm.
(d) Sing songs.

9. Who takes the shackles off the slaves?
(a) Cooley.
(b) Purvis.
(c) Ben.
(d) Claudias.

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

11. What does Cooley want to own one day?
(a) A bull ranch.
(b) A cockfighting pit.
(c) An island.
(d) A ship.

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

13. Who tossed the shackles overboard when the sail was seen?
(a) Jessie.
(b) Sharkey.
(c) Stout.
(d) Grime.

14. What are the latrine buckets full of when Jessie empties them after seeing a flying fish?
(a) Wood chips.
(b) Rats.
(c) Blood.
(d) Hair.

15. How many slaves died the day Ned died?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.