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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Jessie and the African boy help the man who saved them?
(a) Teach him to read.
(b) Play music.
(c) Tell him stories.
(d) Do chores.

2. What do the slaves fight over in the hold?
(a) The water.
(b) The food.
(c) The latrine bucket.
(d) The windows.

3. How does Jessie describe Spark after his flogging?
(a) Mean and ignorant.
(b) Heartless and cruel.
(c) Tortured and alone.
(d) Brainless and evil.

4. What does Stout tell Jessie to get out of the Captain's cabin?
(a) A whip.
(b) A map.
(c) A key.
(d) A chest.

5. What makes Jessie so agitated when he first plays for the slaves?
(a) They stink.
(b) They seem lifeless.
(c) He feels cruel.
(d) They are naked.

6. What are the latrine buckets full of when Jessie empties them after seeing a flying fish?
(a) Hair.
(b) Blood.
(c) Rats.
(d) Wood chips.

7. Who does Jessie think of as he begins his journey alone?
(a) His mother.
(b) Purvis.
(c) His aunt.
(d) Stout.

8. What drowns out Jessie's fife during the dancing?
(a) The clapping crew.
(b) The slaves' chanting.
(c) The sound of the chains.
(d) The crying children.

9. What does the man shout to the boys as they run away from him?
(a) Stay.
(b) Stop.
(c) Come.
(d) Help.

10. Who tends to Jessie's wounds after his flogging?
(a) Purvis.
(b) Sharkey.
(c) Ned.
(d) Ben.

11. Who does Jessie see washed away in a wave after the storm?
(a) Smith.
(b) Sharkey.
(c) Stout.
(d) Cooley.

12. What does Jessie feel like doing when he enters the man's house?
(a) Singing.
(b) Eating.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Crying.

13. What does Jessie pretend to catch his foot in when the slaves are being thrown overboard?
(a) The wheel.
(b) A ripped sail.
(c) A coil of rope.
(d) A bucket.

14. What is the name of the man who helps the boys?
(a) Darrell.
(b) David.
(c) Darwin.
(d) Daniel.

15. What does the captain do for the slaves before they leave his ship?
(a) Brands them.
(b) Names them.
(c) Pairs them up in families.
(d) Holds a ball.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jessie feel when the African boy leaves on his journey?

2. Whom does Jessie say he is afraid of after his fife is found?

3. What kind of sickness does Jessie get after playing for the slaves a few times?

4. How long is the walk to Jessie's home?

5. What do some of the slave men think the slavers will do to them?

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