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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What happens after Equiano complains about the Sierra Leone project?
(a) He loses his job.
(b) All the corrupt officials are put in jail.
(c) All the problems get fixed.
(d) Equiano is made a knight by the King.

4. When he returns to England in Chapter 12, why does Equiano want to become ordained?
(a) So he can perform weddings for free blacks.
(b) Because he is tired of going to sea.
(c) So he can do missionary work in Africa.
(d) So he can convert Native Americans in the West Indies.

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

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

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

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

9. What does Equiano do that he later thinks is a cause of the wreck of the Nancy?
(a) Curses the ship.
(b) Accidentally puts a hole in the side of the ship when he is fighting with another crew member.
(c) Wishes out loud that he never had to spend another minute on the Nancy.
(d) Prays to God for the ship to sink.

10. Why does Equiano brings turkeys on the ship instead of bulls?
(a) Equiano decides to stop eating beef.
(b) Equiano's bulls die before he can get them on the ship.
(c) Farmer goes back on his promise to allow Equiano to bring the bulls on board.
(d) Equiano decides he can make more money selling turkeys.

11. What other new skills does Equiano study in England?
(a) Acting and herbal healing.
(b) Painting and trigonometry.
(c) Dance and navigation.
(d) Music and arithmetic.

12. What order does Phillips give that would have cost the lives of many slaves?
(a) Phillips orders that the slaves be given no food.
(b) Phillips orders the hatches to be nailed shut.
(c) Phillips orders that the slaves test the drinking water on the island.
(d) Phillips orders that the slaves do all the work of rebuilding the ship without any help from the crew.

13. 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.

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

15. When Equiano sees King again, what does he find out has happened to King?
(a) King has been badly injured in a ship wreck.
(b) King has won the lottery.
(c) King's house was flooded and washed away.
(d) King has been flogged for having freed Equiano.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to Equiano on shipboard on October 6?

3. Why does Equiano decide to leave the plantation?

4. Why does Equiano's conversion of the Native American not succeed?

5. After the wreck of the Nancy, why does Equiano have to delay his return to Montserrat and his departure for England?

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