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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After the wreck of the Nancy, why does Equiano have to delay his return to Montserrat and his departure for England?
(a) Equiano has run into Richard Baker and they want to spend time catching up.
(b) Equiano has been kidnapped and sold as an escaped slave.
(c) Equiano is sick.
(d) His captain refuses to return money that Equiano lent him.

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

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

5. Why does Equiano not go to England immediately after receiving his freedom?
(a) He feels he has a duty to King and Farmer, so he continues working for them.
(b) He no longer wants to go to England because he likes Montserrat so much.
(c) Freed slaves are not allowed in England.
(d) He has fallen in love with a girl in Montserrat.

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

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

8. What else has Equiano done since the first edition of his Narrative was published?
(a) Built a house in Africa.
(b) Been made a knight by the King of England.
(c) Gotten married.
(d) Adopted African children.

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

10. What else goes wrong with the Sierra Leone project?
(a) The ships all wreck because sailors curse them.
(b) The ships get lost.
(c) Many of the slaves die because there aren't adequate provisions.
(d) The former slaves decide they don't want to go back to Africa.

11. 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 chase off the Eskimos with cannon fire.
(c) They saw through the ice to keep enough water around the ship to prevent it from being completely stuck.
(d) They kill the whale and use its body to keep the ship afloat.

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

13. 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) He will not make any money, since all his funds were invested in the turkeys that died.
(d) No one else on the ship is a Christian, so he has no one to share his happiness with.

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

15. When Equiano finds Pascal in England, how does Pascal react?
(a) He has Equiano arrested as a runaway slave.
(b) He hides from Equiano, fearing that his former slave will kill him.
(c) He is not happy to see Equiano.
(d) He jumps up and down and shouts with joy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Equiano receive after a conversation about Christianity?

2. What other new skills does Equiano study in England?

3. Who helps Equiano decide to become a Christian?

4. When the crew of the Nancy sees another ship, what do they learn from the crew of that ship?

5. What does Equiano do that he later thinks is a cause of the wreck of the Nancy?

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