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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After accidentally killing an animal with a pebble, what does Equiano do?
(a) Hides in the shrubs.
(b) Takes the animal to cook and eat it.
(c) Escapes from slavery.
(d) Goes to his father and says "I can not tell a lie, it was I who killed it with my pebble."

2. What animal does Equiano accidentally kill with a pebble?
(a) A skunk.
(b) A giraffe.
(c) A lizard.
(d) A chicken.

3. After the English win the battle at Gibraltar, some French ships go aground. What happens to them?
(a) The boys who work on the ships are stranded on the Rock of Gibraltar, where they create their own society.
(b) They are towed by the English.
(c) They are taken apart and the lumber is loaded on the English ships to take to the West Indies to sell.
(d) They are blown up.

4. During the battle at Gibraltar, what is Equiano's job?
(a) Running to the cannon with explosive gun powder to the cannons can be reloaded.
(b) Cleaning blood off the deck.
(c) Carrying messages from Pascal to the captain.
(d) Steering the ship.

5. When Equiano is sick in London, what treatment does the doctor recommend that Equiano refuses?
(a) Blood transfusion.
(b) Antibiotics.
(c) Amputation of his left leg.
(d) Surgery to remove a tumor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is different about the second slave ship?

2. Why does Equiano brings turkeys on the ship instead of bulls?

3. Who spreads a lie about Equiano?

4. Why does Equiano believe he has already bought his way out of slavery in Chapter 4?

5. What two things does Equiano think are "magic" when he sees a town built by white people for the first time?

(see the answer key)

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