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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While traveling from one place to another in Africa, which of the following does Equiano learn?
(a) Two African languages different from his own.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) How to track deer in the forest.
(d) That he is going to be sent to America on a slave ship.

2. In Chapter 4, which two people does Equiano expect to be reunited with?
(a) His parents.
(b) His sister and Richard Baker.
(c) Pascal and King.
(d) Pascal and Doran.

3. Why do Pascal and Equiano go to London after the fleet returns?
(a) To find men they can force to join the navy to replace the men who were killed in the battle.
(b) To buy new clothes.
(c) To relax.
(d) To see a play at the Globe Theater.

4. Where do Equiano and the rest of the rescue mission head to try to get help?
(a) Montserrat.
(b) St. Croix.
(c) The Bahamas.
(d) New Providence.

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 refusing to work.
(b) As punishment for trying to run away.
(c) He was injured in a shipwreck and there was no other way to get him out of the wreck.
(d) Because he had gangrene.

Short Answer Questions

1. While he's in Philadelphia, who tells Equiano that he won't be a slave long?

2. What does Pascal do for a living?

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

4. What order does Phillips give that would have cost the lives of many slaves?

5. What new things does Equiano see in England that amaze him?

(see the answer key)

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