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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the cannon battle against the French at Gibraltar, which of the following amazes Equiano?
(a) The kindness of the French when Pascal is taken prisoner.
(b) The deafening noise of the cannons.
(c) The blinding light from exploding underwater mines.
(d) The fearlessness of the Spanish.

2. What does Equiano's first name, Olaudah, mean?
(a) Fortunate, or having a loud voice.
(b) Slave.
(c) Scar on the forehead.
(d) Village elder.

3. What does Equiano expect to do after the war?
(a) Purchase his freedom and get an education.
(b) Attempt to get an officer's commission in the navy.
(c) Continue working with Pascal.
(d) Return to Africa and find his parents.

4. When Equiano is sold to a merchant in Tinmah, how is he treated?
(a) He is told that he is no longer a slave.
(b) He is treated so badly that he wishes he were dead.
(c) He is treated so well that he almost forgets he's a slave.
(d) He is completely ignored; he is not made to work, but he is also not fed.

5. After accidentally killing an animal with a pebble, what does Equiano do?
(a) Escapes from slavery.
(b) Hides in the shrubs.
(c) Takes the animal to cook and eat it.
(d) Goes to his father and says "I can not tell a lie, it was I who killed it with my pebble."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is different about the second slave ship?

2. Where does the slave ship land?

3. Why does Equiano believe he has already bought his way out of slavery in Chapter 4?

4. What two skills is Equiano taught as a child?

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

(see the answer key)

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