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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Equiano's shipmates feel about Pascal selling him?
(a) They think it is very unfair.
(b) They think it is just as well, because Pascal was not a good master and Equiano will be better off out of the navy.
(c) They don't care one way or the other.
(d) They are happy, because Equiano always won fights against them.

2. When he is taken on board the slave ship, what does Equiano fear?
(a) That he will be eaten by sharks.
(b) That he will have to fight other young boys on shipboard.
(c) That he will be eaten by the white people.
(d) That he will fall overboard.

3. When Equiano is kidnapped, what do the kidnappers do to keep him quiet?
(a) Put him in a sack.
(b) Drug him.
(c) Cover his mouth with duct tape.
(d) Threaten him with a gun.

4. Why does King tell Equiano that he plans to sell him?
(a) Because King heard that Equiano plans to run away.
(b) Because King can't stand the heat on Montserrat and is moving back to England.
(c) Because King thinks Equiano would be happier somewhere else.
(d) Because King is going bankrupt and has no choice.

5. Who spreads a lie about Equiano?
(a) The surgeon on Farmer's ship.
(b) Farmer's first mate.
(c) Pascal.
(d) Richard Baker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Equiano get baptized?

2. What does Equiano see at Brimstone Hill?

3. When Equiano feels an earthquake during the night, what does he think it is?

4. Which of the following best describes the way Equiano goes to work for Farmer?

5. How does Farmer convince King not to sell Equiano?

(see the answer key)

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