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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city is Pascal sent to help in an attack on?
(a) Boston, Massachusetts.
(b) Mexico City.
(c) Louisborough, in French Canada.
(d) New York City.

2. What new things does Equiano see in England that amaze him?
(a) Snow and church services.
(b) Sheep and goats.
(c) A royal parade and a circus.
(d) Taverns and hotels.

3. Which of the following is Equiano allowed to do after the English win the battle?
(a) Ride a bicycle for the first time.
(b) Take plunder from civilians' houses.
(c) Stay in that city for the rest of his life.
(d) Go on shore whenever he wants.

4. How do the Eboe dress?
(a) Wealthier Eboe people wear elaborate costumes made of feathers, precious gems, and animal skin, but poor Eboe are nearly naked.
(b) The men wear pants and white shirts, and the women wear long, colorful dresses.
(c) They go naked, except for a small loin cloth.
(d) Both men and women wrap a single piece of blue fabric around their bodies.

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

6. While traveling from one place to another in Africa, which of the following does Equiano learn?
(a) How to track deer in the forest.
(b) That he is going to be sent to America on a slave ship.
(c) Two African languages different from his own.
(d) Mathematics.

7. Why do Pascal and Equiano go to London after the fleet returns?
(a) To buy new clothes.
(b) To find men they can force to join the navy to replace the men who were killed in the battle.
(c) To relax.
(d) To see a play at the Globe Theater.

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

9. When Equiano is sold to a merchant in Tinmah, how is he treated?
(a) He is completely ignored; he is not made to work, but he is also not fed.
(b) He is treated so well that he almost forgets he's a slave.
(c) He is told that he is no longer a slave.
(d) He is treated so badly that he wishes he were dead.

10. What does Equiano expect to do after the war?
(a) Continue working with Pascal.
(b) Purchase his freedom and get an education.
(c) Attempt to get an officer's commission in the navy.
(d) Return to Africa and find his parents.

11. Where does Equiano nearly die from the ague?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Montserrat.
(c) Africa.
(d) Philadelphia.

12. Why does Equiano believe he has already bought his way out of slavery in Chapter 4?
(a) Because the King of England promised freedom to all slaves who served in the war.
(b) Because when Pascal purchased him, he promised to set Equiano free on his 21st birthday.
(c) Because Pascal promised him he would set him free if the English won the war.
(d) Because Pascal takes all his naval pay.

13. What is different about the second slave ship?
(a) The slaves have to stay below deck.
(b) There is no crew, and the slaves do all the work on the ship.
(c) The captain is mostly interested in hunting whales.
(d) The slaves are treated better.

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

15. Why does Equiano want to learn navigation?
(a) Knowing navigation will make him more valuable as a slave, so King will sell him to a richer master.
(b) In case he ever has an opportunity to escape by sailing away.
(c) In case the first mate dies, to avoid the ship being lost.
(d) He's interested in astronomy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Equiano think is "magic" on the slave ships?

2. While he's in Philadelphia, who tells Equiano that he won't be a slave long?

3. What island in the West Indies does Equiano's new owner take him to?

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

5. How does it happen that the French attack the English on the way back across the Atlantic?

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