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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. Why does Jessie decide to take the longest way home?
(a) He heard there would be a good brawl.
(b) He is bored.
(c) He does not want to go home.
(d) He is restless.

2. Who helps Jessie make a dining tent for the slaves?
(a) Smith.
(b) Gardere.
(c) Sparks.
(d) Stout.

3. Who sells the slaves from Africa to the slavers?
(a) Native kings.
(b) Young sailors.
(c) The prison keepers.
(d) African Ambassadors.

4. Whom is Jessie sent to borrow candles from?
(a) The storekeeper.
(b) Uncle Ernest.
(c) Aunt Agatha.
(d) The school mistress.

5. What does Jessie say he never got used to on the ship?
(a) The movement.
(b) The food.
(c) The tight quarters.
(d) The smell.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What pains Jessie about being away from his mother?

4. What is the cook's name?

5. What does the Captain do when he first meets Jessie?

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