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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the natives like Dr. Irving?
(a) Because he cures snake bites.
(b) Because he gives them whiskey and guns.
(c) Because he can dance and sing well.
(d) Because he converts them to Christianity.

2. After the rescue team arrives in New Providence and heads to Georgia, what happens to them?
(a) They are given medals for bravery.
(b) They get lost on the way to Georgia.
(c) They are eaten by cannibals.
(d) They almost wreck again.

3. 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.

4. When Irving and Equiano start their plantation, what happens to the boat they send off to trade?
(a) It is captured by the Spanish.
(b) It wrecks after a careless crew member curses it.
(c) Slaves hijack the boat and take it back to Africa.
(d) It is captured by the French.

5. What dream does Equiano have on the way back from Cadiz?
(a) He dreams that he was never manumitted.
(b) He dreams of turkeys and bulls.
(c) He dreams that he will convert an Indian to Christianity.
(d) He dreams the crew will find a small boat.

6. What two reasons does Equiano give for abolishing slavery in the last chapter?
(a) Ethos and logos.
(b) Politics and physics.
(c) Biology and climate.
(d) Humanity and economics.

7. What does Equiano tell Farmer before Farmer dies?
(a) That Farmer never did Equiano any harm.
(b) That Equiano is still angry about the bulls.
(c) That Equiano expects to see Farmer in heaven.
(d) That Farmer deserves to die because of the way he treated Equiano.

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

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

10. 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) No one else on the ship is a Christian, so he has no one to share his happiness with.
(d) His shipmates no longer think he is a good sailor, since he fell overboard.

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

12. What position does Equiano receive in relationship to the Sierra Leone project?
(a) He is the captain.
(b) He is the government watchdog.
(c) He is the official hairdresser.
(d) He is the government's commissary.

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

14. On the ship Nancy in 1766, where does Equiano go and make a lot of money?
(a) Gibraltar.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Eboe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the document that verifies a former slave has been given his or her freedom?

2. On a quest for a new religion, why does Equiano decide to go to Turkey?

3. What happens to the first season of crops at Dr. Irving's plantation?

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

5. How does the ship Nancy get wrecked?

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