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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 is the name of the Native American Equiano tries to convert to Christianity?
(a) Prince George.
(b) Dr. Irving.
(c) Chingachgook.
(d) Hiawatha.

2. What else goes wrong with the Sierra Leone project?
(a) Many of the slaves die because there aren't adequate provisions.
(b) The former slaves decide they don't want to go back to Africa.
(c) The ships get lost.
(d) The ships all wreck because sailors curse them.

3. What happens to Equiano on shipboard on October 6?
(a) He curses the ship and it sinks.
(b) He feels "born again," spiritually.
(c) He falls overboard.
(d) His turkeys die.

4. What does Equiano notice as a difference between Turkey and Europe?
(a) In Turkey, everyone is illiterate.
(b) In Turkey, there is more fog than in England.
(c) In Turkey, the walls are made out of paper.
(d) In Turkey, people are more tolerant of blacks.

5. What does Equiano do that he later thinks is a cause of the wreck of the Nancy?
(a) Wishes out loud that he never had to spend another minute on the Nancy.
(b) Accidentally puts a hole in the side of the ship when he is fighting with another crew member.
(c) Curses the ship.
(d) Prays to God for the ship to sink.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other new skills does Equiano study in England?

2. What two reasons does Equiano give for abolishing slavery in the last chapter?

3. When Farmer and his first mate are both ill, who steers the ship into port?

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

5. What does Equiano do to try to help Annis?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the episode with the silversmith parallel earlier events in The Interesting Narrative?

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

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

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

5. How do Equiano's experiences in Georgia reflect on the conditions for free black men in the U.S. South before the Civil War?

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

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

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

9. How does his experience of being "born again" change Equiano's attitude toward life?

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

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