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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After accidentally killing an animal with a pebble, what does Equiano do?
(a) Goes to his father and says "I can not tell a lie, it was I who killed it with my pebble."
(b) Takes the animal to cook and eat it.
(c) Escapes from slavery.
(d) Hides in the shrubs.

2. How do Eboe people acquire slaves?
(a) They take slaves from other groups thorugh war or trade.
(b) Children who have darker skin than others are marked for slavery at birth.
(c) Any boy who refuses to be circumcised is made a slave.
(d) People sell their own children to be slaves.

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

4. After the English win the battle at Gibraltar, some French ships go aground. What happens to them?
(a) They are towed by the English.
(b) They are blown up.
(c) The boys who work on the ships are stranded on the Rock of Gibraltar, where they create their own society.
(d) They are taken apart and the lumber is loaded on the English ships to take to the West Indies to sell.

5. How does Equiano describe the living conditions of most slaves in the West Indies?
(a) About the same as the living conditions of the slave owners.
(b) Filthy and unhealthy.
(c) Not any worse than anywhere else.
(d) Better than anywhere else Equiano has been, because the weather is so nice and the slaves are allowed to spend Saturdays on the beaches.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Equiano is kidnapped, what do the kidnappers do to keep him quiet?

2. Who helps Equiano decide to become a Christian?

3. What does the island where Equiano's new owner takes him have a reputation for?

4. What does Equiano's first name, Olaudah, mean?

5. After a trip to the West Indies in 1771, what profession does Equiano follow for about two years, before going back to sea?

(see the answer key)

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