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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Captain Farmer want Equiano to work for him?
(a) Because Equiano is such a hard worker.
(b) Because Equiano saved Farmer's life.
(c) Because Equiano knows Latin.
(d) Because Equiano knows how to heal with herbs.

2. Why is Equiano so lonely in Virginia?
(a) He doesn't speak English, and the other slaves don't speak his language.
(b) He is the only child on the plantation.
(c) The other slaves don't like him.
(d) He is the only slave on the plantation.

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

4. What city does the fleet return to?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) Marseilles.
(d) Portsmouth.

5. How does it happen that the French attack the English on the way back across the Atlantic?
(a) Native Americans on the French ship can hear the English ships coming.
(b) The French intentionally try to disguise themselves as English ships.
(c) The Americans send a telegram to the French to tell them where the British are.
(d) The English mistake the French fleet for other English ships.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Equiano sail to so many places in the Atlantic?

2. When Equiano is sick in London, what treatment does the doctor recommend that Equiano refuses?

3. Who spreads a lie about Equiano?

4. What other new skills does Equiano study in England?

5. Why is Equiano separated from the friend he makes when Equiano is first working for Pascal?

(see the answer key)

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