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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Home and After.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What comforts Jessie on his journey?
(a) Seeing the first marker.
(b) Thinking about Purvis.
(c) The moon.
(d) The chirp of crickets.

2. What are the latrine buckets full of when Jessie empties them after seeing a flying fish?
(a) Wood chips.
(b) Rats.
(c) Hair.
(d) Blood.

3. What strange thing happens on shore when Jessie gets to the Bight of Benin?
(a) They strike a coral reef.
(b) The water is infested with sharks.
(c) Strong waves prevent them from docking.
(d) The shore is on fire.

4. How does Jessie describe the Cuban shoreline?
(a) Clean.
(b) Obscure.
(c) Pristine.
(d) Smoky.

5. What does Jessie pretend to catch his foot in when the slaves are being thrown overboard?
(a) A ripped sail.
(b) The wheel.
(c) A bucket.
(d) A coil of rope.

Short Answer Questions

1. What helped Jessie swim to shore?

2. Why does Jessie not believe the man who says he does not want to be involved in the slave trade?

3. What surprises Jessie when he returns home?

4. What is Jessie most afraid of as he is taken through the marshes?

5. What does the man say after Jessie tells him the story of the ship?

(see the answer key)

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