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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Equiano want to learn navigation?
(a) Knowing navigation will make him more valuable as a slave, so King will sell him to a richer master.
(b) In case the first mate dies, to avoid the ship being lost.
(c) In case he ever has an opportunity to escape by sailing away.
(d) He's interested in astronomy.

2. What does Equiano think is "magic" on the slave ships?
(a) Mermaids and monsters they see in the water.
(b) The oranges and lemons the sailors use to prevent scurvy.
(c) How the sailors make the ship move and stop.
(d) The stoves the cooks use to heat food on the ship.

3. How do the Eboe dress?
(a) The men wear pants and white shirts, and the women wear long, colorful dresses.
(b) Both men and women wrap a single piece of blue fabric around their bodies.
(c) They go naked, except for a small loin cloth.
(d) Wealthier Eboe people wear elaborate costumes made of feathers, precious gems, and animal skin, but poor Eboe are nearly naked.

4. What new things does Equiano see in England that amaze him?
(a) Taverns and hotels.
(b) Sheep and goats.
(c) A royal parade and a circus.
(d) Snow and church services.

5. What city does the fleet return to?
(a) Marseilles.
(b) Portsmouth.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Equiano feel uncomfortable with his shipmates after October 6?

2. How does Equiano get the first mate to teach him navigation?

3. How does the ship Nancy get wrecked?

4. What else goes wrong with the Sierra Leone project?

5. Why does Equiano complain to the government about the Sierra Leone project?

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