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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the ship Nancy get wrecked?
(a) The mast of the Nancy is struck by lightening and most of the ship burns, then it sinks.
(b) The Nancy capsizes in a storm.
(c) The Nancy hits rocks and gets stuck on them.
(d) The Nancy is smashed by a large white whale.

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

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

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

6. Why does Hughes tie Equiano up?
(a) He wants to sell Equiano back into slavery.
(b) He knows Equiano is good at navigation.
(c) He is afraid Equiano will attack him in his sleep.
(d) He doesn't like Christians.

7. Why does Equiano feel uncomfortable with his shipmates after October 6?
(a) No one else on the ship is a Christian, so he has no one to share his happiness with.
(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) Everyone blames him for the shipwreck.

8. What is the purpose of the expedition led by Lord Mulgrave that Equiano joins?
(a) To measure the polar ice cap.
(b) To find the northwest passage from the United States to China.
(c) To find a northeast passage to India.
(d) To reach the North Pole.

9. 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 live in England.
(d) He no longer wants to be a hairdresser.

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

11. What new profession does Equiano learn in England?
(a) School-teaching.
(b) Hairdressing.
(c) Tailoring.
(d) Printing.

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

13. Why does Equiano decide to leave the plantation?
(a) He is scared of the Spanish.
(b) He can't take the loss of the crops.
(c) He feels he is far from God there.
(d) He is tired of people trying to kidnap him.

14. What boring job does Equiano hold before returning to the sea in 1784?
(a) Works for an English nobleman.
(b) Writing autobiographies for other people.
(c) Insurance sales.
(d) Turkey-plucking.

15. In Georgia, what does Equiano do that almost gets him flogged?
(a) Curses a ship.
(b) Keeps a light on after 9 p.m.
(c) Sells turkeys and bulls.
(d) Beats a slave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Equiano not go to England immediately after receiving his freedom?

2. What minister does Equiano hear preach in Philadelphia?

3. How much money does the dying man turn out to have in his fortune?

4. What happens after Equiano complains about the Sierra Leone project?

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

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