The Slave Dancer | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

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1. Who is Jessie?

The narrator.

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

Seamstress.

3. What does Jessie say his house is full of?

Moisture.

4. What does Jessie say really provides for his family?

A needle.

5. What is the only pretty thing in Jessie's house?

A basket of thread.

6. Why is Jessie late coming home at the beginning of the book?

He was at the slave market.

7. What does Jessie do to earn money?

Plays a fife.

8. Whom is Jessie sent to borrow candles from?

Aunt Agatha.

9. What does Jessie call his aunt behind her back?

A mean old maid.

10. How old was Jessie when his father died?

4.

11. How did Jessie's father die?

Drowned.

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

Swim!

13. How does Jessie's aunt think he should earn money?

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