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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What religious group does Equiano do a lot of business with in Philadelphia?
(a) Puritans.
(b) Muslims.
(c) Catholic monks.
(d) Quakers.

2. Who helps Equiano decide to become a Christian?
(a) An old fisherman.
(b) John Annis.
(c) An old hairdresser.
(d) Lord Mulgrave.

3. How does the crew of Mulgrave's expedition survive?
(a) Equiano and the first mate tie the captain up and take over the ship.
(b) They saw through the ice to keep enough water around the ship to prevent it from being completely stuck.
(c) They chase off the Eskimos with cannon fire.
(d) They kill the whale and use its body to keep the ship afloat.

4. Why does Equiano feel uncomfortable with his shipmates after October 6?
(a) His shipmates no longer think he is a good sailor, since he fell overboard.
(b) Everyone blames him for the shipwreck.
(c) No one else on the ship is a Christian, so he has no one to share his happiness with.
(d) He will not make any money, since all his funds were invested in the turkeys that died.

5. What order does Phillips give that would have cost the lives of many slaves?
(a) Phillips orders that the slaves test the drinking water on the island.
(b) Phillips orders that the slaves be given no food.
(c) Phillips orders the hatches to be nailed shut.
(d) Phillips orders that the slaves do all the work of rebuilding the ship without any help from the crew.

6. How does Dr. Irving die?
(a) Drowns.
(b) Killed in battle with the French.
(c) From a poisonous snake bite.
(d) Eating a poisoned fish.

7. When the crew of the Nancy sees another ship, what do they learn from the crew of that ship?
(a) The crew of the other ship is stranded too.
(b) They are sailing in fresh water, so they should put down their buckets where they are.
(c) They are in the Bermuda Triangle and will never get out alive.
(d) There are cannibals on the islands around them.

8. What sight does Equiano find strange in Turkey?
(a) Slaves wearing veils.
(b) Women wearing veils.
(c) Turkeys roaming the streets freely because they are sacred.
(d) Men wearing veils.

9. What does Equiano do that he later thinks is a cause of the wreck of the Nancy?
(a) Wishes out loud that he never had to spend another minute on the Nancy.
(b) Accidentally puts a hole in the side of the ship when he is fighting with another crew member.
(c) Curses the ship.
(d) Prays to God for the ship to sink.

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

11. What is the name of the document that verifies a former slave has been given his or her freedom?
(a) Certificate of Freedom.
(b) Manual transmission.
(c) Manumission.
(d) Emancipation.

12. What important change does Equiano's new religious faith produce?
(a) He no longer wants to be a hairdresser.
(b) He no longer wants to be a bachelor.
(c) He no longer wants to live in England.
(d) He is no longer afraid to die.

13. What does Equiano become convinced is necessary for salvation?
(a) Music, art, and poetry.
(b) Faith, hope, and charity.
(c) Manumission and education.
(d) Faith, love, and obedience.

14. When the crew think they see cannibals, what are they really looking at?
(a) Pygmies.
(b) Flamingos.
(c) Polar bears.
(d) Themselves, reflected in a mirror that washed ashore.

15. What does Equiano see in Philadelphia that pleases him?
(a) A museum.
(b) An all-black church.
(c) An all-black hospital.
(d) An all-black school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the white men try to kidnap Equiano in Georgia?

2. Why doesn't Equiano become ordained?

3. Who does Equiano blame for the failure of his attempted conversion of the Native American?

4. When he decides to buy his freedom, how much money has Equiano saved?

5. What is the name of the Native American Equiano tries to convert to Christianity?

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