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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does "Embrenche" mean?
(a) A respected leader of the community.
(b) A good dancer.
(c) An outcast.
(d) A slave.
2. Once King decides not to sell Equiano, what does King do?
(a) Stays in his air-conditioned bedroom all day.
(b) Gives Equiano additional goods to sell.
(c) Sells all his other slaves instead.
(d) Goes to work for Farmer himself.
3. Who spreads a lie about Equiano?
(a) Farmer's first mate.
(b) Richard Baker.
(c) Pascal.
(d) The surgeon on Farmer's ship.
4. After the English win the battle at Gibraltar, some French ships go aground. What happens to them?
(a) They are blown up.
(b) They are towed by the English.
(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.
5. What island in the West Indies does Equiano's new owner take him to?
(a) Montserrat.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Haiti.
(d) Santo Domingo.
6. How does Equiano feel about traveling to Philadelphia?
(a) Frightened.
(b) Angry.
(c) Excited.
(d) Sad.
7. When Equiano is sick in London, what treatment does the doctor recommend that Equiano refuses?
(a) Antibiotics.
(b) Amputation of his left leg.
(c) Surgery to remove a tumor.
(d) Blood transfusion.
8. When Pascal is promoted, what ship is he assigned to?
(a) The John Bull.
(b) The Loyal John.
(c) The Royal George.
(d) The Pequod.
9. What do the Eboe believe about the afterlife?
(a) They believe that good people are rewarded after death and bad people are punished.
(b) They have no idea of life after death.
(c) They believe that everyone goes to heaven when they die.
(d) They believe that everyone is reincarnated until they learn how to be virtuous.
10. What punishment does Equiano get for accidentally killing an animal?
(a) He is forced to sleep with the animals.
(b) He is grounded for a month.
(c) He is ordered to take care of all the animals for a month.
(d) He is scolded.
11. What two things does Equiano think are "magic" when he sees a town built by white people for the first time?
(a) Canoes and teepees.
(b) Bicycles and apartment buildings.
(c) Cars and tents.
(d) Horses and large brick houses.
12. How does the battle in the ocean between the French and the English end?
(a) All the English are taken captive by the French.
(b) The English drive the French off and capture one of their ships.
(c) The English sink the French fleet.
(d) The French take Pascal's ship captive.
13. How old is Equiano when he is kidnapped?
(a) 11.
(b) 7.
(c) 13.
(d) 3.
14. While traveling from one place to another in Africa, which of the following does Equiano learn?
(a) Two African languages different from his own.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) That he is going to be sent to America on a slave ship.
(d) How to track deer in the forest.
15. 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 is depressed.
(c) He does not like the food.
(d) He has stomach flu.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is different about the second slave ship?
2. How does Equiano say the Eboe punish adultery?
3. When Equiano is kidnapped, what do the kidnappers do to keep him quiet?
4. What does Equiano conclude about Pascal selling him?
5. While he's in Philadelphia, who tells Equiano that he won't be a slave long?
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