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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Eboe people acquire slaves?
(a) They take slaves from other groups thorugh war or trade.
(b) Children who have darker skin than others are marked for slavery at birth.
(c) Any boy who refuses to be circumcised is made a slave.
(d) People sell their own children to be slaves.

2. Which of the following does Equiano see in the plantation house, which impress him?
(a) A fish tank.
(b) A perpetual motion machine.
(c) A ticking clock and a portrait painting.
(d) Silver forks and spoons and electric lamps.

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

4. What does Equiano's first name, Olaudah, mean?
(a) Slave.
(b) Scar on the forehead.
(c) Village elder.
(d) Fortunate, or having a loud voice.

5. How do the Eboe dress?
(a) They go naked, except for a small loin cloth.
(b) Both men and women wrap a single piece of blue fabric around their bodies.
(c) Wealthier Eboe people wear elaborate costumes made of feathers, precious gems, and animal skin, but poor Eboe are nearly naked.
(d) The men wear pants and white shirts, and the women wear long, colorful dresses.

Short Answer Questions

1. After accidentally killing an animal with a pebble, what does Equiano do?

2. What two skills is Equiano taught as a child?

3. Where does the slave ship land?

4. When he renames Equiano, who is Pascal naming Equiano after?

5. What European characteristic does Equiano say helps prove that Europeans and Africans are related?

(see the answer key)

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