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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the crew do to Equiano when he refuses to eat?
(a) Beat him.
(b) Make him walk the plank.
(c) Beg him to eat.
(d) Ignore him.

2. What two skills is Equiano taught as a child?
(a) Herbal healing and banjo playing.
(b) Snake charming and bartering.
(c) Tracking deer and killing birds.
(d) Agriculture and warfare.

3. After the English win the battle at Gibraltar, some French ships go aground. What happens to them?
(a) They are taken apart and the lumber is loaded on the English ships to take to the West Indies to sell.
(b) The boys who work on the ships are stranded on the Rock of Gibraltar, where they create their own society.
(c) They are blown up.
(d) They are towed by the English.

4. Which of the following is Equiano allowed to do after the English win the battle?
(a) Take plunder from civilians' houses.
(b) Stay in that city for the rest of his life.
(c) Ride a bicycle for the first time.
(d) Go on shore whenever he wants.

5. During the last year of the war, what are Equiano and Pascal doing?
(a) They are on Montserrat.
(b) Pascal is cleaning the decks because he has been demoted and Equiano helps him.
(c) They are stuck on the Isle of Wight until the end of the war.
(d) They are on a ship that is blockading the French for most of the year.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Pascal do for a living?

3. How do the Eboe dress?

4. What two things does Equiano think are "magic" when he sees a town built by white people for the first time?

5. While traveling from one place to another in Africa, which of the following does Equiano learn?

(see the answer key)

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