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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ben Stout's Mistake.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stout give Jessie after sending him to the Captain's cabin?
(a) An apple.
(b) Biscuits.
(c) A hat.
(d) Rum.

2. Who flogged Jessie?
(a) Spark.
(b) Stout.
(c) Purvis.
(d) The Captain.

3. What does Jessie say being at sea makes a man think about?
(a) Life.
(b) The future.
(c) Death.
(d) God.

4. Which crew-member says he does not want to be involved in the slave trade?
(a) Sharkey.
(b) Stout.
(c) Purvis.
(d) Grime.

5. Why is a woman thrown overboard after leaving the supply island?
(a) She was pregnant.
(b) She was trampled to death.
(c) She killed another slave.
(d) She had the fever.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is told to watch over the children when a sail is seen while the Spaniard is aboard?

2. What do the men on the ship start doing when the wind dies?

3. What will the Spaniard do with the slaves before selling them?

4. What does the Captain call Jessie?

5. Who does Jessie see washed away in a wave after the storm?

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