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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which country is the most fearsome to the ships in the slave trade?
(a) Italy.
(b) Britain.
(c) America.
(d) India.

2. What does Sharkey teach Jessie?
(a) To use a compass.
(b) To mend a sail.
(c) To secure a rigging.
(d) To climb the ratlines.

3. What pains Jessie about being away from his mother?
(a) He can't help pay the bills.
(b) She thinks he's dead.
(c) He never got to say goodbye.
(d) He can't protect her.

4. What does the Captain call Jessie?
(a) Ballinchain.
(b) Bollweevil.
(c) Bullet.
(d) Bollucks.

5. What does Purvis try to do unsuccessfully as they near the ship?
(a) Catch some fresh fish.
(b) Navigate the small boat.
(c) Calm Jessie down.
(d) Play Jessie's fife.

6. What does Jessie call his aunt behind her back?
(a) A rotten widow.
(b) An old biddy.
(c) A spinster.
(d) A mean old maid.

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

8. What is the name of the ship Jessie is taken to?
(a) The Star.
(b) The Midnight.
(c) The North Star.
(d) The Moonlight.

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

10. Who does Jessie call the foulest man alive?
(a) Smith.
(b) Stout.
(c) The Captain.
(d) Purvis.

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

12. What is Jessie told he will be doing on the ship?
(a) Helping the cook.
(b) Playing his fife.
(c) Cleaning the cabins.
(d) Catching rats.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What bent the trees on an island Jessie sees off the ship?

2. How did Jessie's father die?

3. Who tells Jessie about the danger of being caught in the slave trade?

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

5. What has Jessie's mother told him to stay away from?

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