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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the man who paid Jessie earlier in the day?
(a) Christian.
(b) Clem.
(c) Christopher.
(d) Claudius.

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

3. Who tells Jessie about the danger of being caught in the slave trade?
(a) Captain.
(b) Grime.
(c) Sharkey.
(d) Purvis.

4. What is Jessie taken away in?
(a) A canvas sack.
(b) A barrel.
(c) A sail.
(d) A potato sack.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does the Captain pay for each slave?

2. How many homes were destroyed by the fire Jessie saw when he was little?

3. Why is Jessie so hesitant about being on a slave ship?

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

5. What did Purvis say to calm Jessie's fears about his mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jessie feel about his aunt?

2. What does Purvis tell Jessie about the ship's cook?

3. What does Jessie decide to do after leaving his aunt's house?

4. What does Jessie worry about when he thinks of his family?

5. How are the Captain's spirits during the first days of sailing?

6. What do the boys do when they see a man come out of the brush on shore?

7. What is Jessie doing when he is taken captive?

8. What does Jessie notice about the young boy slave during a dancing session one day?

9. What does Ned say when Jessie first boards the ship?

10. What does Stout try to do to make Jessie feel better after Purvis's punishment, and how is this received?

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