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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. Where do Equiano and the rest of the rescue mission head to try to get help?
(a) St. Croix.
(b) The Bahamas.
(c) New Providence.
(d) Montserrat.

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

3. What position does Equiano receive in relationship to the Sierra Leone project?
(a) He is the captain.
(b) He is the official hairdresser.
(c) He is the government watchdog.
(d) He is the government's commissary.

4. What is the purpose of the expedition led by Lord Mulgrave that Equiano joins?
(a) To find the northwest passage from the United States to China.
(b) To measure the polar ice cap.
(c) To reach the North Pole.
(d) To find a northeast passage to India.

5. Why does Equiano decide to leave the plantation?
(a) He is scared of the Spanish.
(b) He is tired of people trying to kidnap him.
(c) He feels he is far from God there.
(d) He can't take the loss of the crops.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the natives like Dr. Irving?

2. When Equiano finds Pascal in England, how does Pascal react?

3. On a quest for a new religion, why does Equiano decide to go to Turkey?

4. What does Equiano do that he later thinks is a cause of the wreck of the Nancy?

5. Why do the white men try to kidnap Equiano in Georgia?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe and comment on Equiano's experiences with the Sierra Leone settlement.

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

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

4. Does the manumission of Equiano seem like a high point to this autobiography?

5. Compare Phillips to Farmer.

6. Why does Equiano want to become ordained?

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

8. Why do you think Equiano goes back and forth so much between going to sea and other ways of making a living, like hairdressing?

9. Is there an implicit argument being made in Equiano's description of the time he spent in Turkey?

10. Is Equiano's encounter with Pascal when he returns to England the way you expected it to be?

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