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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the purpose of the expedition led by Lord Mulgrave that Equiano joins?
(a) To find a northeast passage to India.
(b) To measure the polar ice cap.
(c) To reach the North Pole.
(d) To find the northwest passage from the United States to China.

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

3. Why does Equiano stop eating on the slave ship?
(a) He is depressed.
(b) He has stomach flu.
(c) He does not like the food.
(d) He hopes if he loses weight no one will want to buy him.

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

5. When Equiano finds Pascal in England, how does Pascal react?
(a) He jumps up and down and shouts with joy.
(b) He hides from Equiano, fearing that his former slave will kill him.
(c) He is not happy to see Equiano.
(d) He has Equiano arrested as a runaway slave.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the ship Nancy in 1766, where does Equiano go and make a lot of money?

2. What does Equiano conclude about Pascal selling him?

3. During the cannon battle against the French at Gibraltar, which of the following amazes Equiano?

4. Besides the slaveowners, where else does Equiano place blame for the treatment of the slaves in the West Indies?

5. How does Pascal keep Equiano on the ship when he is going to collect their naval pay?

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