4. What does Stout get angry about after the wind dies?
(a) Someone emptied his chest.
(b) Someone made fun of his mother.
(c) Someone accused him of cheating.
(d) Someone ate his ration.

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

6. What is Jessie taken away in?
(a) A potato sack.
(b) A canvas sack.
(c) A barrel.
(d) A sail.

7. Which crew-member says he does not want to be involved in the slave trade?
(a) Grime.
(b) Purvis.
(c) Sharkey.
(d) Stout.

8. Whom does Jessie see steal an egg one night?
(a) A woman.
(b) A rat.
(c) A child.
(d) A hooded figure.

9. What will all the sailors carry when the slaves are on board?
(a) Pistols.
(b) Knives.
(c) Clubs.
(d) Whips.

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

11. Where does Jessie first meet the Captain?
(a) In the forecastle.
(b) On the poop deck.
(c) At his cabin.
(d) In the hold.

12. What does Jessie want to be when he gets older?
(a) A slaver.
(b) A chandler.
(c) A grocer.
(d) A banker.

13. What stops the quarreling on the ship while in the Bight of Benin?
(a) A full moon.
(b) Jessie's song on the fife.
(c) A gun fired by Spark.
(d) The first boatlad of ships.

14. What is the first purpose of the pin?
(a) Drawing blood.
(b) Flossing teeth.
(c) Killing rats.
(d) Eating utensil.

15. What is Jessie's mother's occupation?
(a) Maid.
(b) Seamstress.
(c) Butter Churner.
(d) Singer.