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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Home and After.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jessie feel like doing when he enters the man's house?
(a) Singing.
(b) Eating.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Crying.

2. Where does Ned look when the slaves are on the deck?
(a) To the sea.
(b) At his hands.
(c) Toward heaven.
(d) At the women.

3. Why is a woman thrown overboard after leaving the supply island?
(a) She was trampled to death.
(b) She had the fever.
(c) She killed another slave.
(d) She was pregnant.

4. How does Jessie's aunt treat him when he returns?
(a) Scornfully.
(b) Kindly.
(c) Disrespectfully.
(d) Delicately.

5. What does Purvis say happened to all the men on the ship in his horror story?
(a) They began fearing water.
(b) They went blind.
(c) They went dumb.
(d) They went deaf.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jessie think of as he begins his journey alone?

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

3. What does Stout give Jessie after sending him to the Captain's cabin?

4. What does Stout get angry about after the wind dies?

5. How did Jessie's father die?

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