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

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

3. Who helps Jessie make a dining tent for the slaves?
(a) Gardere.
(b) Smith.
(c) Stout.
(d) Sparks.

4. What does Jessie do to earn money?
(a) Plays a fife.
(b) Does odd chores.
(c) Dances.
(d) Sings.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which ration does the captain cut for the crew when the wind dies?

2. What is used to cover the hatches at the hold?

3. What do the men who take Jessie say he is worthless without?

4. What is the only pretty thing in Jessie's house?

5. Who does Jessie call the foulest man alive?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jessie smell when he first wakes up on shore?

2. What is Jessie's new job when the slaves are on board?

3. What does Jessie hear just before he leaves the ship?

4. How does Jessie describe his swim to shore?

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

6. What does Jessie's mother do for a living and how does Jessie feel about this?

7. How does Jessie feel when he leaves Daniel to start his journey home?

8. What does Jessie's mother say when Jessie complains about their circumstances?

9. What joke does Purvis play on Jessie as they are going to bed?

10. What happens when Jessie meets the Captain?

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