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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While he's in Philadelphia, who tells Equiano that he won't be a slave long?
(a) Mrs. Davis.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Mrs. Thomas.

2. What does Equiano's second West Indies owner promise to do for him later?
(a) Send him to Philadelphia and make him a clerk.
(b) Send him to England to work in an office there.
(c) Set him free at the age of 21.
(d) Let him join the navy.

3. What does "Embrenche" mean?
(a) An outcast.
(b) A good dancer.
(c) A respected leader of the community.
(d) A slave.

4. What punishment does Equiano get for accidentally killing an animal?
(a) He is ordered to take care of all the animals for a month.
(b) He is grounded for a month.
(c) He is forced to sleep with the animals.
(d) He is scolded.

5. 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) Goes to work for Farmer himself.
(d) Sells all his other slaves instead.

6. Which of the following does Equiano see in the plantation house, which impress him?
(a) Silver forks and spoons and electric lamps.
(b) A perpetual motion machine.
(c) A fish tank.
(d) A ticking clock and a portrait painting.

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

8. What island in the West Indies does Equiano's new owner take him to?
(a) Santo Domingo.
(b) Haiti.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Montserrat.

9. Why does Equiano sail to so many places in the Atlantic?
(a) Because Pascal has told Equiano he can go anywhere he wants.
(b) Because Pascal is trying to find a place to set the slaves free.
(c) Because Pascal's job requires him to move around.
(d) Because Pascal is on vacation.

10. Where does the slave ship land?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Plymouth Rock.
(c) Barbados.
(d) Florida.

11. Which of the following does Equiano say helps prove that Africans are related to Europeans?
(a) African culture and religious practices resemble the practices of Jews described in the Old Testament.
(b) The Eboe told a legend about how they used to live in a cold place in the north.
(c) Europeans and Africans eat the same foods.
(d) The Eboe had a legend about how white men came from the north and intermarried with the Eboe.

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

13. Why is Equiano separated from the friend he makes when Equiano is first working for Pascal?
(a) Because his friend escapes.
(b) Because Pascal does not want him to have friends.
(c) Because of Pascal's reassignment.
(d) Because Equiano escapes.

14. When he is sold in the West Indies, where does Equiano ask to be taken instead?
(a) Virginia.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Africa.

15. 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) Mathematics.
(d) Two African languages different from his own.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Equiano get baptized?

2. Why does Equiano think slaveholders in the West Indies are hypocrites?

3. When he is taken on board the slave ship, what does Equiano fear?

4. What does the island where Equiano's new owner takes him have a reputation for?

5. How does the cruelty of the slaveholders affect Equiano's attitude toward Christianity?

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