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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once they are on the desert island, what does the crew do for food?
(a) They eat nothing.
(b) They become cannibals.
(c) They eat their clothes.
(d) They catch fish.

2. How does Equiano react when he is told he won't be a slave long?
(a) He's worried about how he'll make a living.
(b) He doesn't believe what he's told.
(c) He's very happy.
(d) He decides he should go ahead and run away.

3. Who does Pascal sell Equiano to?
(a) Miss Guerins.
(b) Captain Doran.
(c) Richard Baker.
(d) Benjamin Franklin.

4. What do the Eboe believe about the afterlife?
(a) They believe that everyone goes to heaven when they die.
(b) They believe that good people are rewarded after death and bad people are punished.
(c) They have no idea of life after death.
(d) They believe that everyone is reincarnated until they learn how to be virtuous.

5. Where does Dr. Irving decide to start a plantation?
(a) Eboe.
(b) Montserrat.
(c) Jamaica.
(d) Cadiz.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Equiano's conversion of the Native American not succeed?

2. How does Equiano say the Eboe punish adultery?

3. Which of the following does Equiano see in the plantation house, which impress him?

4. What do the crew do to Equiano when he refuses to eat?

5. What happens to the bulls on Farmer's last voyage?

(see the answer key)

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