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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Jessie describe Spark after his flogging?
(a) Tortured and alone.
(b) Heartless and cruel.
(c) Brainless and evil.
(d) Mean and ignorant.

3. What do the slaves fight over in the hold?
(a) The latrine bucket.
(b) The water.
(c) The windows.
(d) The food.

4. How does Jessie describe the Cuban shoreline?
(a) Smoky.
(b) Clean.
(c) Pristine.
(d) Obscure.

5. What does Jessie say about men who go to sea voluntarily?
(a) They are mad.
(b) They are strong.
(c) They are made for it.
(d) They are a special breed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Purvis originally from?

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

3. Who does Jessie see washed away in a wave after the storm?

4. Where have Jessie and the African boy landed?

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

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