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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men who take Jessie say he is worthless without?
(a) His shoes.
(b) His fife.
(c) His clothes.
(d) His hide.

2. What does Jessie say his house is full of?
(a) Sweat.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Moisture.
(d) Love.

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

4. What has Jessie's mother told him to stay away from?
(a) Slaves.
(b) The market.
(c) Taverns.
(d) The river.

5. What is Jessie taken away in?
(a) A barrel.
(b) A canvas sack.
(c) A potato sack.
(d) A sail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What windows does Jessie like to peek in?

2. Who sells the slaves from Africa to the slavers?

3. Who is Jessie?

4. Which country is the most fearsome to the ships in the slave trade?

5. What does Jessie call to his father in his dreams?

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