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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where does Dr. Irving decide to start a plantation?
(a) Montserrat.
(b) Eboe.
(c) Cadiz.
(d) Jamaica.
2. What does Equiano tell Farmer before Farmer dies?
(a) That Equiano is still angry about the bulls.
(b) That Equiano expects to see Farmer in heaven.
(c) That Farmer deserves to die because of the way he treated Equiano.
(d) That Farmer never did Equiano any harm.
3. Where do Equiano and the rest of the rescue mission head to try to get help?
(a) The Bahamas.
(b) Montserrat.
(c) New Providence.
(d) St. Croix.
4. When Irving and Equiano start their plantation, what happens to the boat they send off to trade?
(a) It is captured by the French.
(b) It is captured by the Spanish.
(c) It wrecks after a careless crew member curses it.
(d) Slaves hijack the boat and take it back to Africa.
5. Why does Hughes tie Equiano up?
(a) He knows Equiano is good at navigation.
(b) He doesn't like Christians.
(c) He wants to sell Equiano back into slavery.
(d) He is afraid Equiano will attack him in his sleep.
6. What book does Equiano receive after a conversation about Christianity?
(a) "The Hairdresser's Guide to Spiritual Life."
(b) "The Conversion of an Indian."
(c) "The Pilgrim's Progress."
(d) "The Conversion of an African."
7. What else goes wrong with the Sierra Leone project?
(a) The ships all wreck because sailors curse them.
(b) Many of the slaves die because there aren't adequate provisions.
(c) The former slaves decide they don't want to go back to Africa.
(d) The ships get lost.
8. What new profession does Equiano learn in England?
(a) School-teaching.
(b) Hairdressing.
(c) Printing.
(d) Tailoring.
9. Why does Equiano feel uncomfortable with his shipmates after October 6?
(a) Everyone blames him for the shipwreck.
(b) He will not make any money, since all his funds were invested in the turkeys that died.
(c) His shipmates no longer think he is a good sailor, since he fell overboard.
(d) No one else on the ship is a Christian, so he has no one to share his happiness with.
10. What religious group does Equiano do a lot of business with in Philadelphia?
(a) Puritans.
(b) Quakers.
(c) Catholic monks.
(d) Muslims.
11. What happens to John Annis on the boat to Turkey?
(a) He is kidnapped by Pascal.
(b) He is killed by a white whale.
(c) He is kidnapped by his former owner.
(d) He is kidnapped by Dr. Irving.
12. What boring job does Equiano hold before returning to the sea in 1784?
(a) Insurance sales.
(b) Writing autobiographies for other people.
(c) Works for an English nobleman.
(d) Turkey-plucking.
13. What else has Equiano done since the first edition of his Narrative was published?
(a) Adopted African children.
(b) Gotten married.
(c) Built a house in Africa.
(d) Been made a knight by the King of England.
14. What is the name of the document that verifies a former slave has been given his or her freedom?
(a) Manual transmission.
(b) Certificate of Freedom.
(c) Manumission.
(d) Emancipation.
15. What sight does Equiano find strange in Turkey?
(a) Men wearing veils.
(b) Turkeys roaming the streets freely because they are sacred.
(c) Women wearing veils.
(d) Slaves wearing veils.
Short Answer Questions
1. What minister does Equiano hear preach in Philadelphia?
2. What position does Equiano receive in relationship to the Sierra Leone project?
3. Why does the English government start an expedition to Sierra Leone?
4. Whose sermon helps Equiano understand what is required for salvation?
5. What is the purpose of the expedition led by Lord Mulgrave that Equiano joins?
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