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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Purvis say makes cooks so angry?
(a) The smell.
(b) The salt.
(c) The smoke.
(d) The heat.

2. Why is Jessie so hesitant about being on a slave ship?
(a) He does not like slaves.
(b) He has heard strange stories about slaver ships.
(c) It is illegal.
(d) He is against slavery.

3. What does Jessie want to be when he gets older?
(a) A chandler.
(b) A slaver.
(c) A grocer.
(d) A banker.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who makes a whip with nine cords?

3. Where does Jessie first meet the Captain?

4. Why is Jessie comforted by a cockroach in his hammock?

5. What is Jessie told he will be doing on the ship?

(see the answer key)

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