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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 do to earn money?
(a) Dances.
(b) Does odd chores.
(c) Plays a fife.
(d) Sings.

2. What comes out of the trees when the boys wake up on the shore?
(a) A man.
(b) A chicken.
(c) Some children.
(d) Some geese.

3. How long is the walk to Jessie's home?
(a) 12 days.
(b) 6 days.
(c) 9 days.
(d) 3 days.

4. What does Jessie say being at sea makes a man think about?
(a) The future.
(b) God.
(c) Life.
(d) Death.

5. Where does Jessie live at the beginning of the book?
(a) Biloxi.
(b) Miami.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Baton Rouge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the captain do for the slaves before they leave his ship?

2. How does Jessie feel when the African boy leaves on his journey?

3. What does Jessie say he never got used to on the ship?

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

5. What does Jessie see in the water before he spots a deserted island?

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