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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sign is used to mark an Embrenche?
(a) A headdress of feathers.
(b) A scar on the forehead.
(c) A silver badge.
(d) A red armband.

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

3. Who does Equiano become friends with after he is purchased by Pascal?
(a) Richard Burton.
(b) Richard Baker.
(c) Gustavus Vasa.
(d) Arthur Gordon Pym.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 1, how does Equiano say God has treated him?
(a) Very badly, making him suffer for no good reason.
(b) Very cruelly, because he allowed him to be made a slave.
(c) Equiano says God had nothing to do with the way his life has gone.
(d) Very well, with great favor.

5. How are Eboe children named?
(a) Based on something that happened around the time of their birth.
(b) The Embrenche name all the children.
(c) A name is drawn from a hat.
(d) Every son is named after his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Equiano say helps prove that Africans are related to Europeans?

2. Where does the slave ship land?

3. Why does Equiano fight with other boys on board ship after he is bought by Pascal?

4. During the battle at Gibraltar, what is Equiano's job?

5. Who does Pascal sell Equiano to?

(see the answer key)

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