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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 Stout get angry about after the wind dies?
(a) Someone made fun of his mother.
(b) Someone emptied his chest.
(c) Someone ate his ration.
(d) Someone accused him of cheating.

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

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

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

5. Where does Jessie first meet the Captain?
(a) On the poop deck.
(b) At his cabin.
(c) In the forecastle.
(d) In the hold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the horrid smell on the ship?

2. What is Jessie's mother's occupation?

3. How much does the Captain pay for each slave?

4. Which crew-member says he does not want to be involved in the slave trade?

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

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