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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Equiano notice as a difference between Turkey and Europe?
(a) In Turkey, people are more tolerant of blacks.
(b) In Turkey, everyone is illiterate.
(c) In Turkey, there is more fog than in England.
(d) In Turkey, the walls are made out of paper.

2. While he's in Philadelphia, who tells Equiano that he won't be a slave long?
(a) Mrs. Thomas.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) Mrs. Davis.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

3. Which of the following is a problem Equiano sees in the West Indies?
(a) The white men seem to think it's acceptable to rape female slaves.
(b) None of the slaves have been converted to Christianity.
(c) The docks are in very poor condition.
(d) The female slaves are eager to have children with the white slave owners.

4. What is the name of the document that verifies a former slave has been given his or her freedom?
(a) Emancipation.
(b) Manual transmission.
(c) Certificate of Freedom.
(d) Manumission.

5. Why does Equiano stop eating on the slave ship?
(a) He hopes if he loses weight no one will want to buy him.
(b) He does not like the food.
(c) He has stomach flu.
(d) He is depressed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does Equiano accidentally kill with a pebble?

2. What kind of work do most Eboe people do?

3. Which of the following best describes the way Equiano goes to work for Farmer?

4. How are Eboe children named?

5. How does the cruelty of the slaveholders affect Equiano's attitude toward Christianity?

(see the answer key)

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