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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Equiano see while doing his job at the battle at Gibraltar?
(a) Frenchmen sneaking onto the ship with sticks of dynamite.
(b) Butterflies landing on the deck.
(c) Hundreds of English sailors sneaking off the ship in life boats.
(d) Many men who are blown up right in front of him.

2. What skill of Equiano's makes his second West Indies owner think that Equiano might make a good clerk?
(a) He has beautiful handwriting.
(b) He knows Latin.
(c) He knows some mathematics.
(d) He knows how to make an abacus.

3. When he renames Equiano, who is Pascal naming Equiano after?
(a) A famous freedom fighter.
(b) A famous former slave.
(c) A famous boxer.
(d) A famous writer.

4. How do the Eboe dress?
(a) The men wear pants and white shirts, and the women wear long, colorful dresses.
(b) Wealthier Eboe people wear elaborate costumes made of feathers, precious gems, and animal skin, but poor Eboe are nearly naked.
(c) Both men and women wrap a single piece of blue fabric around their bodies.
(d) They go naked, except for a small loin cloth.

5. What minister does Equiano hear preach in Philadelphia?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) George Whitfield.
(c) George Greenfield.
(d) George Washington.

Short Answer Questions

1. While he's in Philadelphia, who tells Equiano that he won't be a slave long?

2. Which is the best description of Equiano's injuries in the battle at Gibraltar?

3. Why does Equiano fight with other boys on board ship after he is bought by Pascal?

4. What does "Embrenche" mean?

5. When Equiano is enslaved to a chief, what kind of shop does he work in?

(see the answer key)

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