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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following does Equiano see in the plantation house, which impress him?
2. At the end of his long overland journey in Africa, where does Equiano arrive?
3. What is different about the second slave ship?
4. Why does Equiano think that he and Pascal spend a whole year waiting for orders on the Isle of Wight?
5. Why is Equiano separated from the friend he makes when Equiano is first working for Pascal?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Equiano learn navigation but then not use his new skills when he has the opportunity to escape on Farmer's ship?
2. Why do you think Farmer wants to help Equiano?
3. Does Equiano's personality seem to change at all in Chapter 3?
4. Compare Equiano's experiences in Montserrat with his experiences in Philadelphia.
5. Why do you think Pascal acts the way he does near the end of Chapter 4?
6. Explain the argument Equiano makes to prove that Africans are related to Europeans.
7. In Chapter 4, how is Pascal's personality revealed to readers?
8. Describe Robert King's personality.
9. Why do you think Equiano does not try to escape when he's on shore after the British win the battle?
10. Describe Captain Doran's personality.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast John Annis's life with Equiano's. Could Equiano have met a fate like Annis's? What enables Equiano to avoid a sad end like Annis's? Be sure to identify the turning points during Equiano's life when things might have gone differently and set him on a course more like Annis's, and explain how Equiano avoided those dangers.
Essay Topic 2
Since The Interesting Narrative follows Equiano from childhood to adulthood, it is a story of a boy growing up as well as of a man seeking freedom and a spiritual home. How is Equiano's transition from childhood to adulthood affected by the fact that he is taken into slavery as an adolescent boy? How does the book show readers that transition?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the importance and role of literacy in Equiano's life as described throughout The Interesting Narrative.
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