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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) That he is going to be sent to America on a slave ship.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) How to track deer in the forest.
(d) Two African languages different from his own.

2. What punishment does Equiano get for accidentally killing an animal?
(a) He is scolded.
(b) He is ordered to take care of all the animals for a month.
(c) He is forced to sleep with the animals.
(d) He is grounded for a month.

3. What is the profession of the dying man who Captain Farmer cares for in his illness?
(a) Goldsmith.
(b) Merchant.
(c) Blacksmith.
(d) Silversmith.

4. Which of the following best describes the way Equiano goes to work for Farmer?
(a) Equiano runs away in order to work for Farmer.
(b) Farmer steals Equiano from King.
(c) King sells Equiano to Farmer.
(d) King agrees to allow Equiano to work for Farmer, but King is still Equiano's owner.

5. What does "Embrenche" mean?
(a) A good dancer.
(b) An outcast.
(c) A respected leader of the community.
(d) A slave.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Eboe children named?

2. What is different about the second slave ship?

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

4. What does Equiano see while doing his job at the battle at Gibraltar?

5. Once they are on the desert island, what does the crew do for food?

(see the answer key)

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