3. Who does Jessie talk to when he is curious about his first sight of the slaves?
(a) Purvis.
(b) Gardere.
(c) Sharkey.
(d) Stout.

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

5. What is Jessie most afraid of as he is taken through the marshes?
(a) Quicksand.
(b) Cottonmouth snakes.
(c) Not making it back home.
(d) Alligators.

6. How long is the voyage supposed to take?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 5 months.

7. What does Jessie call his aunt behind her back?
(a) A spinster.
(b) A rotten widow.
(c) An old biddy.
(d) A mean old maid.

8. How many slaves were for sale at the market at the beginning of the book?
(a) 8.
(b) 4.
(c) 10.
(d) 6.

9. Why does Jessie decide to take the longest way home?
(a) He is restless.
(b) He does not want to go home.
(c) He is bored.
(d) He heard there would be a good brawl.

10. Which country is the most fearsome to the ships in the slave trade?
(a) Britain.
(b) India.
(c) America.
(d) Italy.

11. What did Purvis say to calm Jessie's fears about his mother?
(a) That his mother knows where he is.
(b) That his mother asked them to do this.
(c) That he has spoken to his mother.
(d) That they will mail a letter to his mother.

12. Where does Jessie live at the beginning of the book?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Baton Rouge.
(c) Biloxi.
(d) Miami.

13. What is the first question Jessie was asked on the ship?
(a) How old he was.
(b) Where he was from.
(c) What he knew about ships.
(d) What his name was.

14. What is Jessie told he will be doing on the ship?
(a) Catching rats.
(b) Helping the cook.
(c) Cleaning the cabins.
(d) Playing his fife.

15. Who is Jessie?
(a) The narrator's sister.
(b) The narrator's brother.
(c) The antagonist.
(d) The narrator.