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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Jessie say really provides for his family?
(a) His mother's heart.
(b) His father's ghost.
(c) A needle.
(d) God.

5. What was the name of the slave who shooed Jessie away from a window?
(a) Star.
(b) Sun.
(c) Sky.
(d) Moon.

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

7. Where does Jessie go to be alone when they are so close to land?
(a) The galley.
(b) Below decks.
(c) The rat line.
(d) The forecastle.

8. Why is Jessie comforted by a cockroach in his hammock?
(a) It makes him feel less alone.
(b) It reminds him that this is temporary.
(c) It reminds him of land.
(d) It makes it less real to him.

9. How long does the ship sit near the land?
(a) 6 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 7 days.

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

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

12. Which ration does the captain cut for the crew when the wind dies?
(a) Rum.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Water.
(d) Bread.

13. What is the cook's name?
(a) Cardimon.
(b) Curry.
(c) Chili.
(d) Cinnamon.

14. Why does Jessie decide to take the longest way home?
(a) He heard there would be a good brawl.
(b) He is restless.
(c) He is bored.
(d) He does not want to go home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jessie not believe the man who says he does not want to be involved in the slave trade?

2. After the fire in New Orleans, what did Jessie stare at while thinking about the power of fire?

3. What are the containers for the slaves on shore called?

4. How did Jessie's father die?

5. Who helps Jessie make a dining tent for the slaves?

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