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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following is a problem Equiano sees in the West Indies?
(a) The docks are in very poor condition.
(b) The female slaves are eager to have children with the white slave owners.
(c) The white men seem to think it's acceptable to rape female slaves.
(d) None of the slaves have been converted to Christianity.

3. What skill of Equiano's makes his second West Indies owner think that Equiano might make a good clerk?
(a) He knows Latin.
(b) He knows how to make an abacus.
(c) He has beautiful handwriting.
(d) He knows some mathematics.

4. Equiano sees a slave whose leg has been cut off in the West Indies. Why was the slave's leg amputated?
(a) As punishment for trying to run away.
(b) As punishment for refusing to work.
(c) Because he had gangrene.
(d) He was injured in a shipwreck and there was no other way to get him out of the wreck.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the Eboe believe about the afterlife?

3. In Chapter 4, which two people does Equiano expect to be reunited with?

4. Which is the best description of Equiano's injuries in the battle at Gibraltar?

5. Once King decides not to sell Equiano, what does King do?

(see the answer key)

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