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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 strange thing happens on shore when Jessie gets to the Bight of Benin?
(a) The shore is on fire.
(b) The water is infested with sharks.
(c) Strong waves prevent them from docking.
(d) They strike a coral reef.
2. Where does Jessie first meet the Captain?
(a) On the poop deck.
(b) At his cabin.
(c) In the forecastle.
(d) In the hold.
3. What pains Jessie about being away from his mother?
(a) He can't help pay the bills.
(b) She thinks he's dead.
(c) He never got to say goodbye.
(d) He can't protect her.
4. What does Jessie do to earn money?
(a) Plays a fife.
(b) Does odd chores.
(c) Sings.
(d) Dances.
5. What does Jessie want to be when he gets older?
(a) A grocer.
(b) A banker.
(c) A slaver.
(d) A chandler.
Short Answer Questions
1. What shocks Jessie most about the ship?
2. Which crew-member says he does not want to be involved in the slave trade?
3. What does Jessie say being at sea makes a man think about?
4. Whom does Jessie trust most on the ship?
5. What is Jessie taken away in?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Jessie compare Purvis to?
2. What does Jessie do in an effort to escape his situation as the slave dancer?
3. What does Ben teach Jessie about the pin?
4. How did Stout start his sailing career?
5. What happens when Stout throws a young slave girl overboard?
6. What does the Captain give Jessie for guessing about the contents of the chest?
7. What is Jessie trying to think of as he walks home at the beginning of the book?
8. What helped Jessie get to shore after the ship sunk?
9. What joke does Purvis play on Jessie as they are going to bed?
10. What does Ned say when he hears about Spark's death?
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