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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Eboe merchants kiss the food they are offering for sale?
(a) To prove that it is not poisoned.
(b) To show respect to God.
(c) To prove that it tastes good.
(d) To show that they love their work.

2. When Equiano is kidnapped, what do the kidnappers do to keep him quiet?
(a) Put him in a sack.
(b) Threaten him with a gun.
(c) Cover his mouth with duct tape.
(d) Drug him.

3. What city does the fleet return to?
(a) Paris.
(b) Marseilles.
(c) London.
(d) Portsmouth.

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

5. How does Equiano say the Eboe punish adultery?
(a) A woman found to have committed adultery could be punished with death or slavery.
(b) Adultery is not punished by the Eboe at all.
(c) Adultery is punished by making people wear a scarlet letter "A" on their clothing.
(d) Only men are punished for adultery, usually with death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Eboe believe about the afterlife?

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

3. Why does Equiano stop eating on the slave ship?

4. What new name does Pascal give Equiano?

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

(see the answer key)

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