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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 is Jessie most afraid of as he is taken through the marshes?
(a) Cottonmouth snakes.
(b) Alligators.
(c) Not making it back home.
(d) Quicksand.

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

3. Why is Jessie so hesitant about being on a slave ship?
(a) He does not like slaves.
(b) He is against slavery.
(c) He has heard strange stories about slaver ships.
(d) It is illegal.

4. What does Purvis say makes cooks so angry?
(a) The smell.
(b) The heat.
(c) The salt.
(d) The smoke.

5. Which ration does the captain cut for the crew when the wind dies?
(a) Rum.
(b) Bread.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jessie have little interaction with?

2. What is Jessie's last name?

3. What is Jessie told he will be doing on the ship?

4. What does Jessie want to be when he gets older?

5. What do the men who take Jessie say he is worthless without?

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