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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the war is over, where do Pascal and Equiano go?
(a) Virginia to visit Equiano's former master, where Pascal purchased him.
(b) Montserrat to start a sugar plantation.
(c) Paris.
(d) London to collect pay from the navy.

2. During the battle at Gibraltar, what is Equiano's job?
(a) Steering the ship.
(b) Cleaning blood off the deck.
(c) Running to the cannon with explosive gun powder to the cannons can be reloaded.
(d) Carrying messages from Pascal to the captain.

3. Why does Equiano believe he has already bought his way out of slavery in Chapter 4?
(a) Because the King of England promised freedom to all slaves who served in the war.
(b) Because Pascal takes all his naval pay.
(c) Because when Pascal purchased him, he promised to set Equiano free on his 21st birthday.
(d) Because Pascal promised him he would set him free if the English won the war.

4. What does Equiano see while doing his job at the battle at Gibraltar?
(a) Hundreds of English sailors sneaking off the ship in life boats.
(b) Many men who are blown up right in front of him.
(c) Butterflies landing on the deck.
(d) Frenchmen sneaking onto the ship with sticks of dynamite.

5. When Equiano is kidnapped, what do the kidnappers do to keep him quiet?
(a) Put him in a sack.
(b) Threaten him with a gun.
(c) Drug him.
(d) Cover his mouth with duct tape.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does it happen that the French attack the English on the way back across the Atlantic?

2. During the cannon battle against the French at Gibraltar, which of the following amazes Equiano?

3. How old is Equiano when he is kidnapped?

4. When Equiano is enslaved to a chief, what kind of shop does he work in?

5. When he is taken on board the slave ship, what does Equiano fear?

(see the answer key)

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