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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Equiano see in the plantation house, which impress him?
(a) A perpetual motion machine.
(b) A fish tank.
(c) Silver forks and spoons and electric lamps.
(d) A ticking clock and a portrait painting.

2. 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.

3. How do Equiano's shipmates feel about Pascal selling him?
(a) They think it is just as well, because Pascal was not a good master and Equiano will be better off out of the navy.
(b) They don't care one way or the other.
(c) They think it is very unfair.
(d) They are happy, because Equiano always won fights against them.

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

5. How do Eboe people acquire slaves?
(a) They take slaves from other groups thorugh war or trade.
(b) Any boy who refuses to be circumcised is made a slave.
(c) People sell their own children to be slaves.
(d) Children who have darker skin than others are marked for slavery at birth.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the last year of the war, what are Equiano and Pascal doing?

2. How does Equiano explain the difference in skin color between Europeans and Africans?

3. What does Equiano expect to do after the war?

4. What new name does Pascal give Equiano?

5. Which statement best describes the Eboe's living arrangements?

(see the answer key)

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