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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Jessie to get breathless on the ship at one point?

2. What does Jessie say he never got used to on the ship?

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

4. Whom does Jessie see steal an egg one night?

5. What does the Captain do when he first meets Jessie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What personal question does Jessie ask Purvis when the Spaniard comes aboard, and what is the answer?

2. Who is the Spaniard?

3. What major change does Jessie experience after his experience on the slave ship?

4. What does Jessie do in an effort to escape his situation as the slave dancer?

5. What errand does Jessie's mother send him on when he gets home at the beginning of the book?

6. What happened to Spark when the ship changed course?

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

8. What does Jessie compare Purvis to?

9. What does Jessie do after the Civil War?

10. What does the Captain do as they near Cuba, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Jessie changed after his experiences on The Moonlight, and how does this affect his life after the experience?

Essay Topic 2

The separation of classes is quite a significant theme in this book. What are these classes, and how does this separation affect the characters belonging to them?

Essay Topic 3

Diversity and discrimination are two major and related themes in this book. Where do these themes appear, and how do they work together to propel the plot of the book?

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