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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who sells the slaves from Africa to the slavers?
(a) African Ambassadors.
(b) Young sailors.
(c) Native kings.
(d) The prison keepers.

4. What does the Captain do when he first meets Jessie?
(a) Slaps his face.
(b) Bites his ear.
(c) Throttles him.
(d) Whips him.

5. What is the first question Jessie was asked on the ship?
(a) What his name was.
(b) What he knew about ships.
(c) How old he was.
(d) Where he was from.

6. How does Jessie's aunt think he should earn money?
(a) Playing his fife.
(b) Going to school.
(c) Learning a trade.
(d) Selling farm goods.

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

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

9. What does Purvis say makes cooks so angry?
(a) The smoke.
(b) The heat.
(c) The smell.
(d) The salt.

10. What does Jessie notice in the galley after the wind dies?
(a) Chains.
(b) Stacks of wooden bowls.
(c) A large barrel of coffee grinds.
(d) A huge cauldron.

11. What is the horrid smell on the ship?
(a) Salt and vinegar.
(b) Tar.
(c) Chloride of lime.
(d) Blood, sweat and tears.

12. Whom is Jessie sent to borrow candles from?
(a) Aunt Agatha.
(b) The storekeeper.
(c) Uncle Ernest.
(d) The school mistress.

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

14. What is the only pretty thing in Jessie's house?
(a) A porcelain doll.
(b) A basket of thread.
(c) His sister.
(d) A wedding picture of his parents.

15. What is Jessie most afraid of as he is taken through the marshes?
(a) Not making it back home.
(b) Cottonmouth snakes.
(c) Alligators.
(d) Quicksand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jessie?

2. How old is Jessie when he is put on the ship?

3. What does Jessie do to earn money?

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

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

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