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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the crew do to Equiano when he refuses to eat?
(a) Make him walk the plank.
(b) Beg him to eat.
(c) Ignore him.
(d) Beat him.

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

3. How do Eboe people acquire slaves?
(a) Any boy who refuses to be circumcised is made a slave.
(b) Children who have darker skin than others are marked for slavery at birth.
(c) They take slaves from other groups thorugh war or trade.
(d) People sell their own children to be slaves.

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

5. Which statement best describes the Eboes' religious beliefs?
(a) The Eboe are Christians.
(b) They have never heard of the idea of God.
(c) They believe that each animal and plant has its own god.
(d) They believe in a single God who created Earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Pascal and Equiano go to London after the fleet returns?

2. Why is Equiano so lonely in Virginia?

3. What do the Eboe believe about the afterlife?

4. What sign is used to mark an Embrenche?

5. How does Equiano say the Eboe punish adultery?

(see the answer key)

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