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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Spark do when Sharkey gets drunk?
(a) Locks him in the hold.
(b) Whips him.
(c) Throws him overboard.
(d) Kicks his head.

2. What windows does Jessie like to peek in?
(a) Slave holds.
(b) Store fronts.
(c) The houses of rich people.
(d) Prisons.

3. What does Spark touch for good luck?
(a) A carronade.
(b) The main mast.
(c) The figure head.
(d) A gold piece.

4. How long is the voyage supposed to take?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 4 months.

5. How many slaves were for sale at the market at the beginning of the book?
(a) 4.
(b) 10.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

6. What does Jessie want the cook to give him when the wind dies?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Beer.
(c) Water.
(d) Fruit.

7. Why is Jessie late coming home at the beginning of the book?
(a) He was detained at school.
(b) He was visiting his aunts.
(c) He was playing with his friends.
(d) He was at the slave market.

8. Where is Purvis originally from?
(a) Wales.
(b) Scotland.
(c) England.
(d) Ireland.

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

10. What does Jessie give the man who is struggling on the ship?
(a) Gruel.
(b) Water.
(c) Rum.
(d) Whiskey.

11. What are the containers for the slaves on shore called?
(a) Barracrank.
(b) Barracade.
(c) Barragrint.
(d) Barracoon.

12. What does Jessie want to watch the cook do?
(a) Knead dough.
(b) Pluck a chicken.
(c) Butcher a cow.
(d) Percolate coffee.

13. Who is Jessie?
(a) The narrator's brother.
(b) The narrator.
(c) The antagonist.
(d) The narrator's sister.

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

15. How long did the captain Purvis knew trade slaves before being caught?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 15 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is used to cover the hatches at the hold?

2. What is the cook's name?

3. What does Jessie call to his father in his dreams?

4. What strange thing happens on shore when Jessie gets to the Bight of Benin?

5. What does Purvis say makes cooks so angry?

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