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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Equiano see while doing his job at the battle at Gibraltar?
(a) Hundreds of English sailors sneaking off the ship in life boats.
(b) Many men who are blown up right in front of him.
(c) Frenchmen sneaking onto the ship with sticks of dynamite.
(d) Butterflies landing on the deck.

2. What merchandise do two white men steal from Equiano?
(a) A drinking glass.
(b) His wallet.
(c) Fruit.
(d) A young calf.

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

4. Who does Equiano become friends with after he is purchased by Pascal?
(a) Gustavus Vasa.
(b) Arthur Gordon Pym.
(c) Richard Baker.
(d) Richard Burton.

5. What minister does Equiano hear preach in Philadelphia?
(a) George Whitfield.
(b) George Greenfield.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) George Washington.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some people say after the problems on the way from New Providence to Georgia?

2. How does Pascal keep Equiano on the ship when he is going to collect their naval pay?

3. What does Equiano say that Biblical scholars have said about Africans?

4. How does Equiano explain the difference in skin color between Europeans and Africans?

5. Who is Equiano sold to by the owner who first took him to the West Indies?

(see the answer key)

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