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

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

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

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

5. What has Jessie's mother told him to stay away from?
(a) The river.
(b) The market.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Taverns.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Purvis try to do unsuccessfully as they near the ship?

2. How many slaves were for sale at the market at the beginning of the book?

3. What bent the trees on an island Jessie sees off the ship?

4. What shocks Jessie most about the ship?

5. What is the name of the ship Jessie is taken to?

(see the answer key)

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