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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Shrouds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jessie do to earn money?
(a) Sings.
(b) Plays a fife.
(c) Does odd chores.
(d) Dances.

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

3. What do the men on the ship start doing when the wind dies?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Quarreling.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Sleeping.

4. What does Purvis try to do unsuccessfully as they near the ship?
(a) Play Jessie's fife.
(b) Calm Jessie down.
(c) Navigate the small boat.
(d) Catch some fresh fish.

5. What is the Captain's last name?
(a) Crayburn.
(b) Hayburn.
(c) Cawthorne.
(d) Hawthorne.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who makes a whip with nine cords?

2. Where does Jessie first meet the Captain?

3. How many slaves were for sale at the market at the beginning of the book?

4. What shocks Jessie most about the ship?

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

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