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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. Who does Equiano become friends with after he is purchased by Pascal?

2. What do the crew do to Equiano when he refuses to eat?

3. What city is Pascal sent to help in an attack on?

4. What does "Embrenche" mean?

5. Once King decides not to sell Equiano, what does King do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the significance of the Eboe practice of merchants kissing the food that they are offering for sale.

2. How are King, Equiano, and Famer all characterized by the episode when King threatens to sell Equiano and Farmer persuades him not to do that?

3. Discuss the significance of King's promise to make Equiano a clerk.

4. What are the two disappointments Equiano experiences in the Mediterranean?

5. After Pascal sells him to a new owner, how does Equiano deal with the disappointment?

6. Why do you think Farmer wants to help Equiano?

7. Describe Captain Doran's personality.

8. Describe what it means for an Eboe man to be designated as "Embrenche."

9. Describe Robert King's personality.

10. How does the description of military life in Chapter 3 reflect on English culture?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the role of family throughout Equiano's Narrative.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 10, Equiano decides to go to Turkey because the Turks are the most Christ-like people he believes he has met. Based on his descriptions of all the different national and ethnic groups he encounters, explain how he might have come to this conclusion. Is it supported by the information he has presented elsewhere in the book?

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