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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 brings turkeys on the ship instead of bulls?
(a) Farmer goes back on his promise to allow Equiano to bring the bulls on board.
(b) Equiano decides to stop eating beef.
(c) Equiano decides he can make more money selling turkeys.
(d) Equiano's bulls die before he can get them on the ship.

2. What work does Equiano do at first for his second owner in the West Indies?
(a) No work; he is allowed to go to school instead.
(b) Teachers Latin to his owner's son.
(c) Works in a goldsmith shop.
(d) Rows boats, moving merchandise around the islands.

3. What happens to the first season of crops at Dr. Irving's plantation?
(a) Half the crop is washed away during the rainy season.
(b) Half the crop is burned down by the Spanish.
(c) The entire crop is burned down by the French.
(d) Half the crop is eaten by crows.

4. What new profession does Equiano learn in England?
(a) Printing.
(b) Tailoring.
(c) School-teaching.
(d) Hairdressing.

5. Why does Equiano want to learn navigation?
(a) He's interested in astronomy.
(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) Knowing navigation will make him more valuable as a slave, so King will sell him to a richer master.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Equiano feels an earthquake during the night, what does he think it is?

3. After the rescue team arrives in New Providence and heads to Georgia, what happens to them?

4. Why does the English government start an expedition to Sierra Leone?

5. What else has Equiano done since the first edition of his Narrative was published?

(see the answer key)

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