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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What animal does Equiano accidentally kill with a pebble?
(a) A lizard.
(b) A chicken.
(c) A giraffe.
(d) A skunk.
2. What sign is used to mark an Embrenche?
(a) A silver badge.
(b) A red armband.
(c) A scar on the forehead.
(d) A headdress of feathers.
3. What does the island where Equiano's new owner takes him have a reputation for?
(a) Slave auctions.
(b) Slave revolts.
(c) Parties.
(d) Growing cotton.
4. What do the Eboe believe about the afterlife?
(a) They believe that good people are rewarded after death and bad people are punished.
(b) They believe that everyone is reincarnated until they learn how to be virtuous.
(c) They believe that everyone goes to heaven when they die.
(d) They have no idea of life after death.
5. How does it happen that the French attack the English on the way back across the Atlantic?
(a) The French intentionally try to disguise themselves as English ships.
(b) The Americans send a telegram to the French to tell them where the British are.
(c) The English mistake the French fleet for other English ships.
(d) Native Americans on the French ship can hear the English ships coming.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which statement best describes the Eboes' religious beliefs?
2. Besides the slaveowners, where else does Equiano place blame for the treatment of the slaves in the West Indies?
3. What new name does Pascal give Equiano?
4. How does Equiano explain the difference in skin color between Europeans and Africans?
5. When he is sold in the West Indies, where does Equiano ask to be taken instead?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is John Mondle and what is his significance?
2. In Chapter 3, how is Pascal characterized?
3. Explain the argument Equiano makes to prove that Africans are related to Europeans.
4. Does Equiano's personality seem to change at all in Chapter 3?
5. Why does Equiano learn navigation but then not use his new skills when he has the opportunity to escape on Farmer's ship?
6. Discuss the role of food in Chapter 2.
7. Why does Equiano believe that the end of the war means he will be free?
8. Describe Robert King's personality.
9. Discuss the significance of King's promise to make Equiano a clerk.
10. Why do you think Pascal acts the way he does near the end of Chapter 4?
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