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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the battle at Gibraltar, what happens to Pascal?
(a) He recovers and goes back on active duty.
(b) He dies from his wounds.
(c) He is demoted to a common soldier for cowardice during the battle.
(d) He converts to Christianity and decides to free Equiano.

2. Which of the following is a reason Equiano likes Robert King?
(a) King lets Equiano choose his own food and clothing.
(b) King does not make Equiano work.
(c) King pays Equiano better than most slaves are paid.
(d) King offers to let Equiano marry one of his daughters.

3. What two things does Equiano think are "magic" when he sees a town built by white people for the first time?
(a) Canoes and teepees.
(b) Cars and tents.
(c) Horses and large brick houses.
(d) Bicycles and apartment buildings.

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

5. What animal does Equiano accidentally kill with a pebble?
(a) A giraffe.
(b) A skunk.
(c) A chicken.
(d) A lizard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What aspect of slave auctions does Equiano mention as being particularly upsetting?

2. Equiano sees a slave whose leg has been cut off in the West Indies. Why was the slave's leg amputated?

3. When Equiano is kidnapped, what do the kidnappers do to keep him quiet?

4. During the last year of the war, what are Equiano and Pascal doing?

5. What island in the West Indies does Equiano's new owner take him to?

(see the answer key)

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