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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. How are Eboe children named?
(a) A name is drawn from a hat.
(b) The Embrenche name all the children.
(c) Based on something that happened around the time of their birth.
(d) Every son is named after his father.

2. At the end of his long overland journey in Africa, where does Equiano arrive?
(a) Cairo, Egypt.
(b) Johannesburg, South Africa.
(c) The western sea coast.
(d) The eastern sea coast.

3. How old is Equiano when he is kidnapped?
(a) 7.
(b) 11.
(c) 13.
(d) 3.

4. Why does Equiano stop eating on the slave ship?
(a) He has stomach flu.
(b) He hopes if he loses weight no one will want to buy him.
(c) He does not like the food.
(d) He is depressed.

5. When Equiano feels an earthquake during the night, what does he think it is?
(a) A dream.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Kids shaking his bed to play a prank.
(d) He thinks he's on a ship in rough waters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Eboe merchants kiss the food they are offering for sale?

2. What does the island where Equiano's new owner takes him have a reputation for?

3. What new things does Equiano see in England that amaze him?

4. How does Farmer convince King not to sell Equiano?

5. Why does Equiano think slaveholders in the West Indies are hypocrites?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Equiano, what is slavery in the West Indies like?

2. How is Equiano characterized by his behavior while he is a slave in Africa?

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

4. Describe Robert King's personality.

5. Does Equiano's personality seem to change at all in Chapter 3?

6. Why does Equiano believe that the end of the war means he will be free?

7. Why do you think Pascal acts the way he does near the end of Chapter 4?

8. Describe Captain Doran's personality.

9. Explain the significance of the Eboe practice of merchants kissing the food that they are offering for sale.

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

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