2. What is the first merchandise that Equiano buys to start his trading business?
(a) Fruit.
(b) A silver teapot.
(c) A drinking glass.
(d) Spices from India.

3. Why is Equiano so lonely in Virginia?
(a) The other slaves don't like him.
(b) He is the only child on the plantation.
(c) He doesn't speak English, and the other slaves don't speak his language.
(d) He is the only slave on the plantation.

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

5. In 1761, when Equiano's ship is accidentally rammed by another English ship, what does Equiano think is a miracle?
(a) Equiano's hearing is restored.
(b) Equiano survives by floating on a coffin.
(c) A recent Christian convert escapes death even though his entire cabin is destroyed.
(d) Pascal is killed, so Equiano is free.

6. What does Equiano see while doing his job at the battle at Gibraltar?
(a) Many men who are blown up right in front of him.
(b) Hundreds of English sailors sneaking off the ship in life boats.
(c) Frenchmen sneaking onto the ship with sticks of dynamite.
(d) Butterflies landing on the deck.

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

8. Why does Equiano think that he and Pascal spend a whole year waiting for orders on the Isle of Wight?
(a) Because the British navy is reconsidering the use of slaves on their ships.
(b) Because Pascal is going to be demoted.
(c) Because the Isle of Wight is under quarantine for the Black Plague.
(d) Because the English king died.

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

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

11. What do the crew do to Equiano when he refuses to eat?
(a) Ignore him.
(b) Make him walk the plank.
(c) Beg him to eat.
(d) Beat him.

12. When Equiano feels an earthquake during the night, what does he think it is?
(a) Kids shaking his bed to play a prank.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) A dream.
(d) He thinks he's on a ship in rough waters.

13. How does Equiano describe the living conditions of most slaves in the West Indies?
(a) Filthy and unhealthy.
(b) Better than anywhere else Equiano has been, because the weather is so nice and the slaves are allowed to spend Saturdays on the beaches.
(c) Not any worse than anywhere else.
(d) About the same as the living conditions of the slave owners.

14. How do Equiano's shipmates feel about Pascal selling him?
(a) They are happy, because Equiano always won fights against them.
(b) They don't care one way or the other.
(c) They think it is very unfair.
(d) They think it is just as well, because Pascal was not a good master and Equiano will be better off out of the navy.

15. 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 blacksmith's shop.
(d) A bakery.