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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Equiano see at Brimstone Hill?
(a) Escaped slaves.
(b) Meteorites.
(c) Pools of boiling water.
(d) A military cemetery.

2. How long is Equiano reunited with his sister?
(a) One week.
(b) One month.
(c) One night.
(d) He is never reunited with his sister.

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

4. How does Equiano get the first mate to teach him navigation?
(a) Equiano threatens the first mate.
(b) Equiano becomes really good friends with the first mate.
(c) Equiano pays the first mate.
(d) Equiano promises to do the first mate's job for him if he will teach him.

5. Equiano sees a slave whose leg has been cut off in the West Indies. Why was the slave's leg amputated?
(a) As punishment for trying to run away.
(b) He was injured in a shipwreck and there was no other way to get him out of the wreck.
(c) As punishment for refusing to work.
(d) Because he had gangrene.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does King tell Equiano that he plans to sell him?

2. After the battle at Gibraltar, what happens to Pascal?

3. Why does Equiano want to learn navigation?

4. Why do Eboe merchants kiss the food they are offering for sale?

5. How old is Equiano when he is kidnapped?

(see the answer key)

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