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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where does Stout hide Jessie's fife?
(a) On the rat run.
(b) In the Captain's cabin.
(c) In the hold.
(d) In the Galley.

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

5. What does the man say after Jessie tells him the story of the ship?
(a) Your life will never be the same.
(b) That is the way it was.
(c) Many have shared this feeling.
(d) This too, shall pass.

6. Who takes the shackles off the slaves?
(a) Cooley.
(b) Claudias.
(c) Purvis.
(d) Ben.

7. What trait in Purvis does Jessie notice after they play a game?
(a) His tidiness.
(b) His anger.
(c) His strength.
(d) His loyalty.

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

9. How does Jessie feel when the African boy leaves on his journey?
(a) Happy.
(b) Hopeful.
(c) Alone.
(d) Remorseful.

10. What do some of the slave men think the slavers will do to them?
(a) Whip them.
(b) Feed them to the sharks.
(c) Eat them.
(d) Mate them.

11. What does Jessie say about men who go to sea voluntarily?
(a) They are mad.
(b) They are a special breed.
(c) They are strong.
(d) They are made for it.

12. Where is the African boy going with the two black men?
(a) A plantation.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Canada.
(d) Texas.

13. How old is the slave who looks bent and old?
(a) 37.
(b) 27.
(c) 17.
(d) 47.

14. What kind of bed does Jessie sleep in on the ship?
(a) Bed spring.
(b) Foam pad.
(c) Cot.
(d) Hammock.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the man come to live on that beach?

2. Which of the slaves are unshackled?

3. What does the man shout to the boys as they run away from him?

4. Where have Jessie and the African boy landed?

5. Who throws the children overboard when the sail is seen?

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