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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Equiano and the rest of the rescue mission head to try to get help?
(a) New Providence.
(b) The Bahamas.
(c) Montserrat.
(d) St. Croix.

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

3. What book does Equiano receive after a conversation about Christianity?
(a) "The Conversion of an African."
(b) "The Conversion of an Indian."
(c) "The Pilgrim's Progress."
(d) "The Hairdresser's Guide to Spiritual Life."

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

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

6. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

12. 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.

13. Why does Equiano complain to the government about the Sierra Leone project?
(a) Because he wants the colony to be in Eboe instead of Sierra Leone.
(b) Because he does not feel he is making enough money.
(c) Because he sees fraud among the white officials.
(d) Because he feels the program is not getting enough publicity.

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

15. What does King give Equiano when Equiano is leaving for England in Chapter 9?
(a) A Bible that belonged to Farmer.
(b) A letter that says "Keep this boy running."
(c) Some turkeys and bulls.
(d) A letter saying that Equiano has a good character.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Equiano sees King again, what does he find out has happened to King?

2. Why does Equiano decide to leave the plantation?

3. Why does Hughes tie Equiano up?

4. Once they are on the desert island, what does the crew do for food?

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

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