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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While traveling from one place to another in Africa, which of the following does Equiano learn?
(a) Two African languages different from his own.
(b) That he is going to be sent to America on a slave ship.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) How to track deer in the forest.

2. How does Equiano react when he is told he won't be a slave long?
(a) He's worried about how he'll make a living.
(b) He doesn't believe what he's told.
(c) He's very happy.
(d) He decides he should go ahead and run away.

3. What sign is used to mark an Embrenche?
(a) A silver badge.
(b) A headdress of feathers.
(c) A red armband.
(d) A scar on the forehead.

4. During the last year of the war, what are Equiano and Pascal doing?
(a) They are on Montserrat.
(b) They are on a ship that is blockading the French for most of the year.
(c) They are stuck on the Isle of Wight until the end of the war.
(d) Pascal is cleaning the decks because he has been demoted and Equiano helps him.

5. What does Equiano spend his time doing on the Isle of Wight?
(a) Playing cards and dice.
(b) Arguing for an end to slavery.
(c) Lifting weights and running.
(d) Reading and writing to increase his education.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which statement best describes the Eboe's living arrangements?

2. Which is the best description of Equiano's injuries in the battle at Gibraltar?

3. Why is Equiano so lonely in Virginia?

4. How old is Equiano when he is kidnapped?

5. During the cannon battle against the French at Gibraltar, which of the following amazes Equiano?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 3, how is Pascal characterized?

2. Explain the argument Equiano makes to prove that Africans are related to Europeans.

3. The white people in Chapter 2 do not come out looking very good. How do you think white readers at the time Equiano wrote his book would have felt about his depiction of their race, and why?

4. List two important concepts in Eboe religion, as Equiano describes it.

5. What is the effect on the reader of Equiano's emphasis on his early impressions of white people (that they are magic, devils, etc.)?

6. Why is it ironic that Equiano goes with Pascal to help him find men to force into military service?

7. What upsets Equiano the most about the slave auctions in the West Indies?

8. In Chapter 4, how can readers learn more about Equiano's personality?

9. Describe the character of Thomas Farmer as it is developed in Chapter 6.

10. Based on Equiano's descriptions of his experience as an African slave, would you say that system of slavery seems to match what Equiano told the reader about it in Chapter 1?

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