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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While Equiano is getting everyone off the Nancy and to safety, what are the white crew members doing?
(a) Nailing the hatches shut.
(b) Getting drunk.
(c) Staying on board to "go down with the ship."
(d) Doing whatever Equiano tells them.

2. What kind of work do most Eboe people do?
(a) Factory work.
(b) Diamond mining.
(c) Farming.
(d) They are servants for rich white settlers from England.

3. How are Eboe children named?
(a) A name is drawn from a hat.
(b) Based on something that happened around the time of their birth.
(c) The Embrenche name all the children.
(d) Every son is named after his father.

4. Which of the following does Equiano say helps prove that Africans are related to Europeans?
(a) African culture and religious practices resemble the practices of Jews described in the Old Testament.
(b) The Eboe had a legend about how white men came from the north and intermarried with the Eboe.
(c) The Eboe told a legend about how they used to live in a cold place in the north.
(d) Europeans and Africans eat the same foods.

5. Which is the best description of Equiano's injuries in the battle at Gibraltar?
(a) He has a small flesh wound on his forehead.
(b) He is in very serious condition, with wounds in his head and chest.
(c) He is unhurt.
(d) He has permanently lost his hearing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes the way Equiano goes to work for Farmer?

2. When Pascal is promoted, what ship is he assigned to?

3. When Equiano is sick in London, what treatment does the doctor recommend that Equiano refuses?

4. Why does Equiano get baptized?

5. Besides the slaveowners, where else does Equiano place blame for the treatment of the slaves in the West Indies?

(see the answer key)

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