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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What two things does Equiano think are "magic" when he sees a town built by white people for the first time?
(a) Bicycles and apartment buildings.
(b) Cars and tents.
(c) Horses and large brick houses.
(d) Canoes and teepees.

3. Why do Eboe merchants kiss the food they are offering for sale?
(a) To prove that it tastes good.
(b) To prove that it is not poisoned.
(c) To show respect to God.
(d) To show that they love their work.

4. After the war is over, where do Pascal and Equiano go?
(a) Paris.
(b) Virginia to visit Equiano's former master, where Pascal purchased him.
(c) Montserrat to start a sugar plantation.
(d) London to collect pay from the navy.

5. When the crew of the Nancy sees another ship, what do they learn from the crew of that ship?
(a) They are sailing in fresh water, so they should put down their buckets where they are.
(b) They are in the Bermuda Triangle and will never get out alive.
(c) There are cannibals on the islands around them.
(d) The crew of the other ship is stranded too.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Equiano say that Biblical scholars have said about Africans?

2. Why does Equiano think slaveholders in the West Indies are hypocrites?

3. At the end of his long overland journey in Africa, where does Equiano arrive?

4. Why does Equiano not go to England immediately after receiving his freedom?

5. What does Equiano spend his time doing on the Isle of Wight?

(see the answer key)

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