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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On a quest for a new religion, why does Equiano decide to go to Turkey?
(a) He wants to convert the Turks to Christianity.
(b) He has decided to become a Muslim.
(c) He thinks the Turks are the most Christ-like people he has met.
(d) He plans to go from their to Africa to relearn the religion of the Eboe people.

2. What does Equiano say that Biblical scholars have said about Africans?
(a) That they are descended from Abraham.
(b) That they were created to be slaves.
(c) That they are evil.
(d) That they were created separately from Adam and Eve.

3. When the crew think they see cannibals, what are they really looking at?
(a) Polar bears.
(b) Themselves, reflected in a mirror that washed ashore.
(c) Pygmies.
(d) Flamingos.

4. What city is Pascal sent to help in an attack on?
(a) Boston, Massachusetts.
(b) Louisborough, in French Canada.
(c) New York City.
(d) Mexico City.

5. Why do the white men try to kidnap Equiano in Georgia?
(a) Because they want to hold Equiano for ransom.
(b) So they can present him as an escaped slave and get money for him.
(c) Because they are angry about the wreck of the Nancy.
(d) Because King sent them to find Equiano.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "Embrenche" mean?

2. How long is Equiano reunited with his sister?

3. What does King give Equiano when Equiano is leaving for England in Chapter 9?

4. How does Equiano say the Eboe punish adultery?

5. How do Equiano's shipmates feel about Pascal selling him?

(see the answer key)

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