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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why do Eboe merchants kiss the food they are offering for sale?
(a) To prove that it is not poisoned.
(b) To prove that it tastes good.
(c) To show respect to God.
(d) To show that they love their work.

3. What order does Phillips give that would have cost the lives of many slaves?
(a) Phillips orders that the slaves do all the work of rebuilding the ship without any help from the crew.
(b) Phillips orders that the slaves test the drinking water on the island.
(c) Phillips orders the hatches to be nailed shut.
(d) Phillips orders that the slaves be given no food.

4. Once they are on the desert island, what does the crew do for food?
(a) They catch fish.
(b) They become cannibals.
(c) They eat their clothes.
(d) They eat nothing.

5. What religious group does Equiano do a lot of business with in Philadelphia?
(a) Puritans.
(b) Catholic monks.
(c) Muslims.
(d) Quakers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does it happen that the French attack the English on the way back across the Atlantic?

2. When Equiano is enslaved to a chief, what kind of shop does he work in?

3. How does the cruelty of the slaveholders affect Equiano's attitude toward Christianity?

4. What does Equiano conclude about Pascal selling him?

5. What punishment does Equiano get for accidentally killing an animal?

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