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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 Sharkey teach Jessie?
(a) To climb the ratlines.
(b) To secure a rigging.
(c) To mend a sail.
(d) To use a compass.

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

3. What does Jessie say he never got used to on the ship?
(a) The tight quarters.
(b) The movement.
(c) The food.
(d) The smell.

4. What is the name of the man who paid Jessie earlier in the day?
(a) Christian.
(b) Clem.
(c) Christopher.
(d) Claudius.

5. What does Jessie want to watch the cook do?
(a) Pluck a chicken.
(b) Knead dough.
(c) Percolate coffee.
(d) Butcher a cow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jessie live at the beginning of the book?

2. How long does the ship sit near the land?

3. What does Jessie want the cook to give him when the wind dies?

4. What did Purvis say to calm Jessie's fears about his mother?

5. Who snaps Jessie out of his breathless state at one point?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Jessie do after the Civil War?

3. What major change does Jessie experience after his experience on the slave ship?

4. What does Jessie compare Purvis to?

5. What does the crew have to do after the slaves' shackles are removed?

6. How did Spark die?

7. What does Jessie miss after moving his family to Rhode Island?

8. What does Stout get angry about when the wind dies, and what does he do about it?

9. What does Jessie's mother say when Jessie complains about their circumstances?

10. What does Ben teach Jessie about the pin?

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