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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. How long did the captain Purvis knew trade slaves before being caught?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 5 years.

2. What do the men on the ship start doing when the wind dies?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Quarreling.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Drinking.

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

4. What does Jessie call his aunt behind her back?
(a) A rotten widow.
(b) A spinster.
(c) An old biddy.
(d) A mean old maid.

5. What windows does Jessie like to peek in?
(a) Store fronts.
(b) The houses of rich people.
(c) Prisons.
(d) Slave holds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jessie most afraid of as he is taken through the marshes?

2. What does Spark touch for good luck?

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

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

5. Whom does Jessie see steal an egg one night?

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