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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jessie notice in the galley after the wind dies?
(a) Chains.
(b) Stacks of wooden bowls.
(c) A huge cauldron.
(d) A large barrel of coffee grinds.

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

3. What is the first purpose of the pin?
(a) Eating utensil.
(b) Killing rats.
(c) Flossing teeth.
(d) Drawing blood.

4. Whom does Jessie see steal an egg one night?
(a) A hooded figure.
(b) A rat.
(c) A child.
(d) A woman.

5. What is the first question Jessie was asked on the ship?
(a) What his name was.
(b) What he knew about ships.
(c) Where he was from.
(d) How old he was.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long has Jessie been at sea when the wind dies?

3. What animal does Jessie think Purvis resembles?

4. Where is Purvis originally from?

5. What does Jessie call to his father in his dreams?

(see the answer key)

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