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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Equiano's shipmates feel about Pascal selling him?
(a) They think it is very unfair.
(b) They are happy, because Equiano always won fights against them.
(c) They think it is just as well, because Pascal was not a good master and Equiano will be better off out of the navy.
(d) They don't care one way or the other.

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

3. What new name does Pascal give Equiano?
(a) Herman Melville.
(b) Frederick Douglass.
(c) Gustavus Vasa.
(d) Richard Baker.

4. What island in the West Indies does Equiano's new owner take him to?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Santo Domingo.
(c) Montserrat.
(d) Haiti.

5. Why does Equiano think that he and Pascal spend a whole year waiting for orders on the Isle of Wight?
(a) Because Pascal is going to be demoted.
(b) Because the English king died.
(c) Because the British navy is reconsidering the use of slaves on their ships.
(d) Because the Isle of Wight is under quarantine for the Black Plague.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Pascal sell Equiano to?

3. What sign is used to mark an Embrenche?

4. How does Equiano's business go in Philadelphia?

5. How does Farmer convince King not to sell Equiano?

(see the answer key)

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