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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes the ship look strange off the coast of Cuba?
(a) The discarded shackles.
(b) The moon.
(c) The Spanish flag.
(d) Lanterns.

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

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

4. What does the man say after Jessie tells him the story of the ship?
(a) That is the way it was.
(b) Many have shared this feeling.
(c) This too, shall pass.
(d) Your life will never be the same.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where have Jessie and the African boy landed?

2. What kind of house does the man who finds Jessie on the shore own?

3. How does Jessie describe the Cuban shoreline?

4. What does the captain do for the slaves before they leave his ship?

5. How does Jessie start to feel about the slaves after he plays for them a few times?

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