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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the Captain's last name?
(a) Cawthorne.
(b) Crayburn.
(c) Hawthorne.
(d) Hayburn.

3. What was the name of the slave who shooed Jessie away from a window?
(a) Star.
(b) Sun.
(c) Sky.
(d) Moon.

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

5. How old was Jessie when his father died?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 7.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Purvis's job on the ship?

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

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

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

5. How does Jessie's aunt think he should earn money?

(see the answer key)

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