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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jessie want to watch the cook do?
(a) Knead dough.
(b) Pluck a chicken.
(c) Percolate coffee.
(d) Butcher a cow.

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

3. Why is Jessie comforted by a cockroach in his hammock?
(a) It makes it less real to him.
(b) It makes him feel less alone.
(c) It reminds him of land.
(d) It reminds him that this is temporary.

4. What does the Captain do when he first meets Jessie?
(a) Whips him.
(b) Bites his ear.
(c) Slaps his face.
(d) Throttles him.

5. What do the men who take Jessie say he is worthless without?
(a) His clothes.
(b) His hide.
(c) His fife.
(d) His shoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Jessie's bed on the ship?

2. Who is Jessie?

3. What does Jessie do to earn money?

4. What did Purvis say to calm Jessie's fears about his mother?

5. What has Jessie's mother told him to stay away from?

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