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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pascal do for a living?
(a) Pascal owns a plantation in Virginia.
(b) Pascal runs a slave ship.
(c) Pascal owns a goldsmith shop.
(d) Pascal is an officer in the British navy.

2. How does the battle in the ocean between the French and the English end?
(a) All the English are taken captive by the French.
(b) The French take Pascal's ship captive.
(c) The English drive the French off and capture one of their ships.
(d) The English sink the French fleet.

3. Why does Equiano believe he has already bought his way out of slavery in Chapter 4?
(a) Because Pascal takes all his naval pay.
(b) Because when Pascal purchased him, he promised to set Equiano free on his 21st birthday.
(c) Because Pascal promised him he would set him free if the English won the war.
(d) Because the King of England promised freedom to all slaves who served in the war.

4. What is different about the second slave ship?
(a) The slaves have to stay below deck.
(b) The slaves are treated better.
(c) The captain is mostly interested in hunting whales.
(d) There is no crew, and the slaves do all the work on the ship.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Equiano think that he and Pascal spend a whole year waiting for orders on the Isle of Wight?

2. How do the Eboe dress?

3. When he is sold in the West Indies, where does Equiano ask to be taken instead?

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

5. Which is the best description of Equiano's injuries in the battle at Gibraltar?

(see the answer key)

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