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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Equiano is sick in London, what treatment does the doctor recommend that Equiano refuses?
(a) Blood transfusion.
(b) Antibiotics.
(c) Amputation of his left leg.
(d) Surgery to remove a tumor.

3. What new things does Equiano see in England that amaze him?
(a) A royal parade and a circus.
(b) Snow and church services.
(c) Sheep and goats.
(d) Taverns and hotels.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 1, how does Equiano say God has treated him?
(a) Equiano says God had nothing to do with the way his life has gone.
(b) Very cruelly, because he allowed him to be made a slave.
(c) Very well, with great favor.
(d) Very badly, making him suffer for no good reason.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. While traveling from one place to another in Africa, which of the following does Equiano learn?

2. Who does Equiano become friends with after he is purchased by Pascal?

3. What city does the fleet return to?

4. Why is Equiano separated from the friend he makes when Equiano is first working for Pascal?

5. Which of the following does Equiano say helps prove that Africans are related to Europeans?

(see the answer key)

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