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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Equiano on shipboard on October 6?
(a) His turkeys die.
(b) He curses the ship and it sinks.
(c) He falls overboard.
(d) He feels "born again," spiritually.

2. What happens to the first season of crops at Dr. Irving's plantation?
(a) The entire crop is burned down by the French.
(b) Half the crop is washed away during the rainy season.
(c) Half the crop is burned down by the Spanish.
(d) Half the crop is eaten by crows.

3. After a trip to the West Indies in 1771, what profession does Equiano follow for about two years, before going back to sea?
(a) Hairdressing.
(b) French horn playing.
(c) Acting.
(d) Tailoring.

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

5. Why does Equiano's conversion of the Native American not succeed?
(a) Because another crew member converts the Native American to Islam.
(b) Because the Native American says the Great Spirit told him he should ignore Equiano.
(c) Because the other crew members mock the Native American.
(d) Because the Native American gets sick and dies before he converts.

6. What happens to John Annis on the boat to Turkey?
(a) He is killed by a white whale.
(b) He is kidnapped by his former owner.
(c) He is kidnapped by Pascal.
(d) He is kidnapped by Dr. Irving.

7. Where does Dr. Irving decide to start a plantation?
(a) Montserrat.
(b) Cadiz.
(c) Jamaica.
(d) Eboe.

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

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

10. While Equiano is getting everyone off the Nancy and to safety, what are the white crew members doing?
(a) Nailing the hatches shut.
(b) Staying on board to "go down with the ship."
(c) Getting drunk.
(d) Doing whatever Equiano tells them.

11. When he returns to England in Chapter 12, why does Equiano want to become ordained?
(a) So he can convert Native Americans in the West Indies.
(b) Because he is tired of going to sea.
(c) So he can do missionary work in Africa.
(d) So he can perform weddings for free blacks.

12. What minister does Equiano hear preach in Philadelphia?
(a) George Washington.
(b) George Greenfield.
(c) George Whitfield.
(d) Walt Whitman.

13. How much money does the dying man turn out to have in his fortune?
(a) $1,500.00.
(b) $150.00.
(c) $150,000.00.
(d) $1.50.

14. On the way to Cadiz, when Equiano's ship crashes into the rocks, how does Equiano amaze everyone?
(a) By being completely calm.
(b) By admitting he caused the wreck by cursing the ship.
(c) By steering the ship through the rocks into harbor at New Providence.
(d) By personally carrying every member of the crew ashore.

15. Why do the white men try to kidnap Equiano in Georgia?
(a) Because King sent them to find Equiano.
(b) So they can present him as an escaped slave and get money for him.
(c) Because they are angry about the wreck of the Nancy.
(d) Because they want to hold Equiano for ransom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Equiano decide to leave the plantation?

2. Where do Equiano and the rest of the rescue mission head to try to get help?

3. What does Equiano tell Farmer before Farmer dies?

4. How does the crew of Mulgrave's expedition survive?

5. What does Equiano do to try to help Annis?

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