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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is different about the second slave ship?
(a) The slaves are treated better.
(b) There is no crew, and the slaves do all the work on the ship.
(c) The slaves have to stay below deck.
(d) The captain is mostly interested in hunting whales.

2. How does it happen that the French attack the English on the way back across the Atlantic?
(a) The Americans send a telegram to the French to tell them where the British are.
(b) The French intentionally try to disguise themselves as English ships.
(c) Native Americans on the French ship can hear the English ships coming.
(d) The English mistake the French fleet for other English ships.

3. What does Pascal do for a living?
(a) Pascal owns a plantation in Virginia.
(b) Pascal owns a goldsmith shop.
(c) Pascal runs a slave ship.
(d) Pascal is an officer in the British navy.

4. What sign is used to mark an Embrenche?
(a) A red armband.
(b) A silver badge.
(c) A scar on the forehead.
(d) A headdress of feathers.

5. Which of the following does Equiano say helps prove that Africans are related to Europeans?
(a) African culture and religious practices resemble the practices of Jews described in the Old Testament.
(b) Europeans and Africans eat the same foods.
(c) The Eboe told a legend about how they used to live in a cold place in the north.
(d) The Eboe had a legend about how white men came from the north and intermarried with the Eboe.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Equiano when he is kidnapped?

3. What punishment does Equiano get for accidentally killing an animal?

4. How are Eboe children named?

5. Why do Pascal and Equiano go to London after the fleet returns?

(see the answer key)

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