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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Eboe mostly drink?
(a) Palm wine.
(b) Water.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Beer.

2. 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.

3. When Equiano is sold to a merchant in Tinmah, how is he treated?
(a) He is told that he is no longer a slave.
(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 completely ignored; he is not made to work, but he is also not fed.

4. What city is Pascal sent to help in an attack on?
(a) Louisborough, in French Canada.
(b) Mexico City.
(c) Boston, Massachusetts.
(d) New York City.

5. How does Equiano explain the difference in skin color between Europeans and Africans?
(a) Equiano says the difference in skin color is caused by the difference in the environments of Europeans and Africans.
(b) Equiano says that Africans are darker because of the food they eat.
(c) Equiano says he has no idea why Africans and Europeans have different skin color.
(d) Equiano says that Europeans are lighter skinned because they have weak blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Equiano sail to so many places in the Atlantic?

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

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

4. Why does Equiano stop eating on the slave ship?

5. What city does the fleet return to?

(see the answer key)

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