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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the ship Nancy get wrecked?
(a) The Nancy capsizes in a storm.
(b) The Nancy is smashed by a large white whale.
(c) The Nancy hits rocks and gets stuck on them.
(d) The mast of the Nancy is struck by lightening and most of the ship burns, then it sinks.

2. Why does Equiano get baptized?
(a) Because he has converted to Islam.
(b) Because the Eboe practiced baptism, too.
(c) Because an Englishwoman he visits tells him he can't get into heaven otherwise.
(d) Because he doesn't understand that baptism is a religious act.

3. What does the island where Equiano's new owner takes him have a reputation for?
(a) Slave auctions.
(b) Parties.
(c) Slave revolts.
(d) Growing cotton.

4. Who is Equiano sold to by the owner who first took him to the West Indies?
(a) Richard Baker.
(b) Robert King.
(c) Pascal.
(d) Benjamin Franklin.

5. Besides the slaveowners, where else does Equiano place blame for the treatment of the slaves in the West Indies?
(a) The laws that govern slavery in the islands.
(b) The people in Virginia, who influence the people on the islands.
(c) The slaves themselves.
(d) Christopher Columbus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does Equiano accidentally kill with a pebble?

2. After the battle at Gibraltar, what happens to Pascal?

3. How does Equiano feel about traveling to Philadelphia?

4. What religious group does Equiano do a lot of business with in Philadelphia?

5. Once King decides not to sell Equiano, what does King do?

(see the answer key)

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