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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What aspect of slave auctions does Equiano mention as being particularly upsetting?
(a) The noise.
(b) The jugglers who advertise the auctions.
(c) The breaking up of families.
(d) The rape of female slaves.

2. Why does King tell Equiano that he plans to sell him?
(a) Because King is going bankrupt and has no choice.
(b) Because King thinks Equiano would be happier somewhere else.
(c) Because King heard that Equiano plans to run away.
(d) Because King can't stand the heat on Montserrat and is moving back to England.

3. How old is Equiano when he is kidnapped?
(a) 13.
(b) 11.
(c) 7.
(d) 3.

4. How does the cruelty of the slaveholders affect Equiano's attitude toward Christianity?
(a) He decides that all slaves must be converted to Islam instead of Christianity.
(b) He decides that all slaves must be converted to Christianity, so that their owners will have to treat them better.
(c) He thinks the slaveholders are hypocrites, but he does not change his opinion of Christianity.
(d) He decides Christianity is evil, if Christians can act that way.

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

6. After the war is over, where do Pascal and Equiano go?
(a) Virginia to visit Equiano's former master, where Pascal purchased him.
(b) London to collect pay from the navy.
(c) Montserrat to start a sugar plantation.
(d) Paris.

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

8. 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.

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

10. When Equiano gets the opportunity to sail away with Farmer's ship, what does he do?
(a) Doesn't take the ship.
(b) Sails to Africa.
(c) Sails to Philadelphia.
(d) Sails away, but gets lost.

11. In Chapter 4, which two people does Equiano expect to be reunited with?
(a) Pascal and Doran.
(b) His parents.
(c) His sister and Richard Baker.
(d) Pascal and King.

12. 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 taken apart and the lumber is loaded on the English ships to take to the West Indies to sell.
(c) The boys who work on the ships are stranded on the Rock of Gibraltar, where they create their own society.
(d) They are towed by the English.

13. 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 French take Pascal's ship captive.
(c) The English sink the French fleet.
(d) The English drive the French off and capture one of their ships.

14. At the end of his long overland journey in Africa, where does Equiano arrive?
(a) The western sea coast.
(b) The eastern sea coast.
(c) Cairo, Egypt.
(d) Johannesburg, South Africa.

15. What does Equiano see at Brimstone Hill?
(a) Pools of boiling water.
(b) A military cemetery.
(c) Escaped slaves.
(d) Meteorites.

Short Answer Questions

1. Equiano sees a slave whose leg has been cut off in the West Indies. Why was the slave's leg amputated?

2. What sign is used to mark an Embrenche?

3. What does Equiano spend his time doing on the Isle of Wight?

4. What city is Pascal sent to help in an attack on?

5. Who does Equiano become friends with after he is purchased by Pascal?

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