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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. When he decides to buy his freedom, how much money has Equiano saved?
(a) Four pounds and seven pence.
(b) Forty-seven pounds.
(c) Four hundred seventy dollars.
(d) Four hundred seventy pounds.

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

3. What two reasons does Equiano give for abolishing slavery in the last chapter?
(a) Politics and physics.
(b) Biology and climate.
(c) Ethos and logos.
(d) Humanity and economics.

4. How does the crew of Mulgrave's expedition survive?
(a) They chase off the Eskimos with cannon fire.
(b) They kill the whale and use its body to keep the ship afloat.
(c) They saw through the ice to keep enough water around the ship to prevent it from being completely stuck.
(d) Equiano and the first mate tie the captain up and take over the ship.

5. After a trip to the West Indies in 1771, what profession does Equiano follow for about two years, before going back to sea?
(a) Acting.
(b) Tailoring.
(c) Hairdressing.
(d) French horn playing.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What happens to the first season of crops at Dr. Irving's plantation?

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

5. What happens after Equiano complains about the Sierra Leone project?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Compare Phillips to Farmer.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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