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

2. Why do the white men try to kidnap Equiano in Georgia?
(a) So they can present him as an escaped slave and get money for him.
(b) Because they want to hold Equiano for ransom.
(c) Because they are angry about the wreck of the Nancy.
(d) Because King sent them to find Equiano.

3. When Irving and Equiano start their plantation, what happens to the boat they send off to trade?
(a) Slaves hijack the boat and take it back to Africa.
(b) It is captured by the Spanish.
(c) It is captured by the French.
(d) It wrecks after a careless crew member curses it.

4. 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.

5. What important change does Equiano's new religious faith produce?
(a) He is no longer afraid to die.
(b) He no longer wants to be a bachelor.
(c) He no longer wants to be a hairdresser.
(d) He no longer wants to live in England.

Short Answer Questions

1. After a trip to the West Indies in 1771, what profession does Equiano follow for about two years, before going back to sea?

2. Why does Equiano brings turkeys on the ship instead of bulls?

3. What sight does Equiano find strange in Turkey?

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

5. Why does the English government start an expedition to Sierra Leone?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Equiano decides he needs to find a religion to commit to (after his trip to the North Pole), how does he begin his search?

2. What is the significance of Equiano's encounter with Hughes?

3. What are the possible conclusions about Equiano's prophetic dream about finding a boat on the return trip from Cadiz?

4. Compare Phillips to Farmer.

5. Do you think it makes sense for Equiano to believe that he made the ship wreck by cursing it?

6. What is the significance of what happens to the bulls and the turkeys before the end of the voyage?

7. How does the trip to the North Pole develop Equiano's characterization?

8. Why does the episode with John Annis affect Equiano's quest for a religion?

9. How does the episode in which Phillips's crew see a flock of flamingos characterize the crew?

10. Why does Equiano choose to go with Dr. Irving to start a plantation in Jamaica?

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