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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 smoke.
(b) The smell.
(c) The salt.
(d) The heat.

2. What does Jessie say really provides for his family?
(a) God.
(b) A needle.
(c) His father's ghost.
(d) His mother's heart.

3. What is Jessie's mother's occupation?
(a) Singer.
(b) Maid.
(c) Seamstress.
(d) Butter Churner.

4. What shocks Jessie most about the ship?
(a) The sinister look about it.
(b) The stench.
(c) The large size.
(d) The beauty of it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jessie call his aunt behind her back?

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

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

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

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

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