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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. During the cannon battle against the French at Gibraltar, which of the following amazes Equiano?
(a) The kindness of the French when Pascal is taken prisoner.
(b) The fearlessness of the Spanish.
(c) The blinding light from exploding underwater mines.
(d) The deafening noise of the cannons.

3. Why is Equiano separated from the friend he makes when Equiano is first working for Pascal?
(a) Because Pascal does not want him to have friends.
(b) Because his friend escapes.
(c) Because Equiano escapes.
(d) Because of Pascal's reassignment.

4. After the wreck of the Nancy, why does Equiano have to delay his return to Montserrat and his departure for England?
(a) Equiano has been kidnapped and sold as an escaped slave.
(b) Equiano is sick.
(c) His captain refuses to return money that Equiano lent him.
(d) Equiano has run into Richard Baker and they want to spend time catching up.

5. What happens to John Annis on the boat to Turkey?
(a) He is kidnapped by Pascal.
(b) He is kidnapped by Dr. Irving.
(c) He is killed by a white whale.
(d) He is kidnapped by his former owner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a problem Equiano sees in the West Indies?

2. What do the Eboe believe about the afterlife?

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

4. When he renames Equiano, who is Pascal naming Equiano after?

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

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