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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Equiano think is "magic" on the slave ships?
(a) Mermaids and monsters they see in the water.
(b) The oranges and lemons the sailors use to prevent scurvy.
(c) How the sailors make the ship move and stop.
(d) The stoves the cooks use to heat food on the ship.

2. What do the Eboe believe about the afterlife?
(a) They believe that everyone is reincarnated until they learn how to be virtuous.
(b) They believe that good people are rewarded after death and bad people are punished.
(c) They have no idea of life after death.
(d) They believe that everyone goes to heaven when they die.

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

4. What does "Embrenche" mean?
(a) A respected leader of the community.
(b) A good dancer.
(c) An outcast.
(d) A slave.

5. What new name does Pascal give Equiano?
(a) Frederick Douglass.
(b) Gustavus Vasa.
(c) Richard Baker.
(d) Herman Melville.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is different about the second slave ship?

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

4. At the end of his long overland journey in Africa, where does Equiano arrive?

5. Which of the following is Equiano allowed to do after the English win the battle?

(see the answer key)

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