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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Farmer convince King not to sell Equiano?
(a) Farmer tells King that Equiano is very happy working for Farmer.
(b) Farmer gives King an air conditioner so he does not have to leave Montserrat.
(c) Farmer tells King that Equiano had many chances to escape but didn't.
(d) Farmer tells King he will lend him money to keep him from going bankrupt.

2. What work does Equiano do for the owner who takes him to the West Indies?
(a) Accounting.
(b) Buying and selling other slaves.
(c) Loading and unloading ships.
(d) Boat repair.

3. Equiano sees a slave whose leg has been cut off in the West Indies. Why was the slave's leg amputated?
(a) Because he had gangrene.
(b) He was injured in a shipwreck and there was no other way to get him out of the wreck.
(c) As punishment for trying to run away.
(d) As punishment for refusing to work.

4. What kind of reputation does Equiano's second owner in the West Indies have?
(a) He is known as an alcoholic.
(b) He is known as th most cruel master on the islands.
(c) He is known as a kind, good master.
(d) He is known as absent-minded and confused.

5. Which statement best describes the Eboe's living arrangements?
(a) Every married couple has their own house, but single people and children all live in one big dormitory.
(b) Men and women live separately except for the first three years they are married.
(c) Men and women have separate living quarters.
(d) Women and children live indoors, but men sleep outside in hammocks.

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

7. Once King decides not to sell Equiano, what does King do?
(a) Goes to work for Farmer himself.
(b) Sells all his other slaves instead.
(c) Stays in his air-conditioned bedroom all day.
(d) Gives Equiano additional goods to sell.

8. 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.

9. When Equiano is enslaved to a chief, what kind of shop does he work in?
(a) A grocery store.
(b) A goldsmith's shop.
(c) A bakery.
(d) A blacksmith's shop.

10. Which of the following best describes the way Equiano goes to work for Farmer?
(a) King sells Equiano to Farmer.
(b) Farmer steals Equiano from King.
(c) King agrees to allow Equiano to work for Farmer, but King is still Equiano's owner.
(d) Equiano runs away in order to work for Farmer.

11. After the English win the battle at Gibraltar, some French ships go aground. What happens to them?
(a) They are towed by the English.
(b) They are blown up.
(c) The boys who work on the ships are stranded on the Rock of Gibraltar, where they create their own society.
(d) They are taken apart and the lumber is loaded on the English ships to take to the West Indies to sell.

12. What does Equiano's first name, Olaudah, mean?
(a) Slave.
(b) Fortunate, or having a loud voice.
(c) Scar on the forehead.
(d) Village elder.

13. What does Equiano say that Biblical scholars have said about Africans?
(a) That they were created separately from Adam and Eve.
(b) That they are evil.
(c) That they were created to be slaves.
(d) That they are descended from Abraham.

14. Which statement best describes the Eboes' religious beliefs?
(a) The Eboe are Christians.
(b) They have never heard of the idea of God.
(c) They believe that each animal and plant has its own god.
(d) They believe in a single God who created Earth.

15. What do the Eboe mostly drink?
(a) Water.
(b) Palm wine.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Beer.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the cannon battle against the French at Gibraltar, which of the following amazes Equiano?

2. What does Equiano expect to do after the war?

3. After accidentally killing an animal with a pebble, what does Equiano do?

4. When he is sold in the West Indies, where does Equiano ask to be taken instead?

5. In 1761, when Equiano's ship is accidentally rammed by another English ship, what does Equiano think is a miracle?

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