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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which ration does the captain cut for the crew when the wind dies?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Rum.
(c) Bread.
(d) Water.

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

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

4. Why is Jessie late coming home at the beginning of the book?
(a) He was playing with his friends.
(b) He was at the slave market.
(c) He was visiting his aunts.
(d) He was detained at school.

5. Who tells Jessie about the danger of being caught in the slave trade?
(a) Grime.
(b) Captain.
(c) Sharkey.
(d) Purvis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which country is the most fearsome to the ships in the slave trade?

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

3. What was the name of the slave who shooed Jessie away from a window?

4. Why does Jessie not believe the man who says he does not want to be involved in the slave trade?

5. What do the men who take Jessie say he is worthless without?

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