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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When he decides to buy his freedom, how much money has Equiano saved?
(a) Forty-seven pounds.
(b) Four hundred seventy pounds.
(c) Four pounds and seven pence.
(d) Four hundred seventy dollars.

2. What is the name of the Native American Equiano tries to convert to Christianity?
(a) Hiawatha.
(b) Prince George.
(c) Chingachgook.
(d) Dr. Irving.

3. When Farmer and his first mate are both ill, who steers the ship into port?
(a) Richard Baker.
(b) Equiano.
(c) The dying silversmith.
(d) King.

4. What prevents Mulgrave's expedition from achieving its goal?
(a) The captain goes insane and begins attacking everyone.
(b) They are attacked by Eskimos.
(c) They are stopped by a huge sheet of ice.
(d) They are attacked by a great white whale.

5. What does Equiano do to try to help Annis?
(a) Gets Lord Mulgrave to have Pascal arrested.
(b) Begs Dr. Irving to give Annis his freedom.
(c) Follows him to the West Indies to try to help him regain his freedom.
(d) Tries to pull him out of the mouth of the white whale.

6. What other new skills does Equiano study in England?
(a) Music and arithmetic.
(b) Painting and trigonometry.
(c) Acting and herbal healing.
(d) Dance and navigation.

7. Once they are on the desert island, what does the crew do for food?
(a) They eat their clothes.
(b) They catch fish.
(c) They become cannibals.
(d) They eat nothing.

8. Whose sermon helps Equiano understand what is required for salvation?
(a) Dr. Irving's.
(b) Lord Mulgarve's.
(c) Reveral Romaine's.
(d) George Whitfield's.

9. What is the profession of the dying man who Captain Farmer cares for in his illness?
(a) Merchant.
(b) Silversmith.
(c) Goldsmith.
(d) Blacksmith.

10. Why doesn't Equiano become ordained?
(a) He doesn't want to dress like a minister.
(b) The Bishop rejects his request.
(c) He doesn't want to do missionary work.
(d) He converts to Islam at the last minute.

11. What do some people say after the problems on the way from New Providence to Georgia?
(a) That Phillips is a good captain.
(b) That their problems are a punishment from God for trading in slaves.
(c) That Equiano sabotaged the ship.
(d) That Phillips's crew is cursed.

12. What makes Equiano attracted to Christianity?
(a) He falls in love with a Christian woman.
(b) He hears George Whitfield preach in London.
(c) Reading the New Testament.
(d) Lord Mulgrave tells him that Christianity was what made him decide on his expedition.

13. What position does Equiano receive in relationship to the Sierra Leone project?
(a) He is the government watchdog.
(b) He is the government's commissary.
(c) He is the captain.
(d) He is the official hairdresser.

14. Who does Equiano blame for the failure of his attempted conversion of the Native American?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Dr. Irving.
(c) Satan.
(d) Pascal.

15. Why do the natives like Dr. Irving?
(a) Because he converts them to Christianity.
(b) Because he can dance and sing well.
(c) Because he gives them whiskey and guns.
(d) Because he cures snake bites.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to John Annis on the boat to Turkey?

2. Where does Dr. Irving decide to start a plantation?

3. What boring job does Equiano hold before returning to the sea in 1784?

4. What else has Equiano done since the first edition of his Narrative was published?

5. What does Equiano see in Philadelphia that pleases him?

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