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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Equiano sail to so many places in the Atlantic?
(a) Because Pascal is on vacation.
(b) Because Pascal's job requires him to move around.
(c) Because Pascal is trying to find a place to set the slaves free.
(d) Because Pascal has told Equiano he can go anywhere he wants.

2. When he is taken on board the slave ship, what does Equiano fear?
(a) That he will have to fight other young boys on shipboard.
(b) That he will be eaten by the white people.
(c) That he will be eaten by sharks.
(d) That he will fall overboard.

3. When Equiano is enslaved to a chief, what kind of shop does he work in?
(a) A goldsmith's shop.
(b) A blacksmith's shop.
(c) A grocery store.
(d) A bakery.

4. Why does Equiano stop eating on the slave ship?
(a) He is depressed.
(b) He hopes if he loses weight no one will want to buy him.
(c) He does not like the food.
(d) He has stomach flu.

5. When Equiano is sold to a merchant in Tinmah, how is he treated?
(a) He is completely ignored; he is not made to work, but he is also not fed.
(b) He is treated so well that he almost forgets he's a slave.
(c) He is treated so badly that he wishes he were dead.
(d) He is told that he is no longer a slave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is different about the second slave ship?

2. How do the Eboe dress?

3. What two things does Equiano think are "magic" when he sees a town built by white people for the first time?

4. How do Eboe people acquire slaves?

5. What does Equiano think is "magic" on the slave ships?

(see the answer key)

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