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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose sermon helps Equiano understand what is required for salvation?
(a) Lord Mulgarve's.
(b) George Whitfield's.
(c) Reveral Romaine's.
(d) Dr. Irving's.

2. Why does Hughes tie Equiano up?
(a) He wants to sell Equiano back into slavery.
(b) He is afraid Equiano will attack him in his sleep.
(c) He doesn't like Christians.
(d) He knows Equiano is good at navigation.

3. What new profession does Equiano learn in England?
(a) Printing.
(b) Hairdressing.
(c) School-teaching.
(d) Tailoring.

4. When Equiano sees King again, what does he find out has happened to King?
(a) King has been flogged for having freed Equiano.
(b) King has won the lottery.
(c) King's house was flooded and washed away.
(d) King has been badly injured in a ship wreck.

5. When he decides to buy his freedom, how much money has Equiano saved?
(a) Four hundred seventy dollars.
(b) Four pounds and seven pence.
(c) Forty-seven pounds.
(d) Four hundred seventy pounds.

6. What prevents Mulgrave's expedition from achieving its goal?
(a) They are attacked by Eskimos.
(b) The captain goes insane and begins attacking everyone.
(c) They are stopped by a huge sheet of ice.
(d) They are attacked by a great white whale.

7. What does King give Equiano when Equiano is leaving for England in Chapter 9?
(a) Some turkeys and bulls.
(b) A letter that says "Keep this boy running."
(c) A letter saying that Equiano has a good character.
(d) A Bible that belonged to Farmer.

8. How does the crew of Mulgrave's expedition survive?
(a) They kill the whale and use its body to keep the ship afloat.
(b) They saw through the ice to keep enough water around the ship to prevent it from being completely stuck.
(c) They chase off the Eskimos with cannon fire.
(d) Equiano and the first mate tie the captain up and take over the ship.

9. Why does Equiano's conversion of the Native American not succeed?
(a) Because the Native American says the Great Spirit told him he should ignore Equiano.
(b) Because the other crew members mock the Native American.
(c) Because the Native American gets sick and dies before he converts.
(d) Because another crew member converts the Native American to Islam.

10. Where does Dr. Irving decide to start a plantation?
(a) Jamaica.
(b) Montserrat.
(c) Eboe.
(d) Cadiz.

11. What else has Equiano done since the first edition of his Narrative was published?
(a) Adopted African children.
(b) Gotten married.
(c) Been made a knight by the King of England.
(d) Built a house in Africa.

12. When Farmer and his first mate are both ill, who steers the ship into port?
(a) Equiano.
(b) King.
(c) Richard Baker.
(d) The dying silversmith.

13. On the ship Nancy in 1766, where does Equiano go and make a lot of money?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Gibraltar.
(d) Eboe.

14. After a trip to the West Indies in 1771, what profession does Equiano follow for about two years, before going back to sea?
(a) Acting.
(b) Hairdressing.
(c) French horn playing.
(d) Tailoring.

15. Where do Equiano and the rest of the rescue mission head to try to get help?
(a) The Bahamas.
(b) St. Croix.
(c) Montserrat.
(d) New Providence.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Irving and Equiano start their plantation, what happens to the boat they send off to trade?

2. What happens after Equiano complains about the Sierra Leone project?

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

4. When Equiano finds Pascal in England, how does Pascal react?

5. On the way to Cadiz, when Equiano's ship crashes into the rocks, how does Equiano amaze everyone?

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