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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 does Equiano do to try to help Annis?
(a) Begs Dr. Irving to give Annis his freedom.
(b) Tries to pull him out of the mouth of the white whale.
(c) Follows him to the West Indies to try to help him regain his freedom.
(d) Gets Lord Mulgrave to have Pascal arrested.

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

3. Why does Equiano feel uncomfortable with his shipmates after October 6?
(a) Everyone blames him for the shipwreck.
(b) No one else on the ship is a Christian, so he has no one to share his happiness with.
(c) He will not make any money, since all his funds were invested in the turkeys that died.
(d) His shipmates no longer think he is a good sailor, since he fell overboard.

4. What dream does Equiano have on the way back from Cadiz?
(a) He dreams that he will convert an Indian to Christianity.
(b) He dreams that he was never manumitted.
(c) He dreams the crew will find a small boat.
(d) He dreams of turkeys and bulls.

5. What prevents Mulgrave's expedition from achieving its goal?
(a) They are attacked by a great white whale.
(b) They are attacked by Eskimos.
(c) The captain goes insane and begins attacking everyone.
(d) They are stopped by a huge sheet of ice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Native American Equiano tries to convert to Christianity?

2. Why does Hughes tie Equiano up?

3. Once they are on the desert island, what does the crew do for food?

4. When he returns to England in Chapter 12, why does Equiano want to become ordained?

5. Why does Equiano's conversion of the Native American not succeed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Compare Phillips to Farmer.

4. Describe Equiano's trip to New York and Philadelphia in 1784.

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

6. Explain Equiano's economic argument for ending slavery.

7. What three elements of Equiano's visit with the fisherman help him decide to become a Christian?

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

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

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

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