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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jessie say his house is full of?
(a) Moisture.
(b) Love.
(c) Sweat.
(d) Smoke.

2. What pains Jessie about being away from his mother?
(a) He never got to say goodbye.
(b) She thinks he's dead.
(c) He can't help pay the bills.
(d) He can't protect her.

3. Whom is Jessie sent to borrow candles from?
(a) Uncle Ernest.
(b) Aunt Agatha.
(c) The school mistress.
(d) The storekeeper.

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

5. How old was Jessie when his father died?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jessie call to his father in his dreams?

2. Where is Purvis originally from?

3. What is Jessie told he will be doing on the ship?

4. What is the only pretty thing in Jessie's house?

5. Who does Jessie call the foulest man alive?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the slaves fed when they first came on the ship and what was their reaction?

2. What does Jessie do after the Civil War?

3. How does Jessie describe his swim to shore?

4. What does Ben teach Jessie about the pin?

5. Why does the Captain like to hold balls for his slaves?

6. What does Jessie's mother do for a living and how does Jessie feel about this?

7. What does Purvis tell Jessie about the ship's cook?

8. What do Jessie and Ras do during the day while they are with Daniel?

9. What does the Captain do as they near Cuba, and why?

10. What does Jessie decide to do after leaving his aunt's house?

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