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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 do Eboe people acquire slaves?
(a) Children who have darker skin than others are marked for slavery at birth.
(b) Any boy who refuses to be circumcised is made a slave.
(c) They take slaves from other groups thorugh war or trade.
(d) People sell their own children to be slaves.

2. Who does Equiano become friends with after he is purchased by Pascal?
(a) Arthur Gordon Pym.
(b) Richard Burton.
(c) Gustavus Vasa.
(d) Richard Baker.

3. When Pascal is promoted, what ship is he assigned to?
(a) The Pequod.
(b) The John Bull.
(c) The Royal George.
(d) The Loyal John.

4. What kind of work do most Eboe people do?
(a) Diamond mining.
(b) They are servants for rich white settlers from England.
(c) Factory work.
(d) Farming.

5. When he is sold in the West Indies, where does Equiano ask to be taken instead?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the slave ship land?

2. What does Equiano conclude about Pascal selling him?

3. Which statement best describes the Eboes' religious beliefs?

4. In Chapter 4, which two people does Equiano expect to be reunited with?

5. Which of the following is a problem Equiano sees in the West Indies?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Robert King's personality.

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

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

4. How are King, Equiano, and Famer all characterized by the episode when King threatens to sell Equiano and Farmer persuades him not to do that?

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

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

7. How does being sold in the New World seem to differ from being sold in Africa?

8. What are the two disappointments Equiano experiences in the Mediterranean?

9. In Chapter 3, does being purchased by Pascal seem like a good thing or a bad thing for Equiano?

10. Describe the system of slavery practiced among the Eboe people.

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