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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Equiano expect to do after the war?
(a) Continue working with Pascal.
(b) Attempt to get an officer's commission in the navy.
(c) Purchase his freedom and get an education.
(d) Return to Africa and find his parents.

2. What punishment does Equiano get for accidentally killing an animal?
(a) He is grounded for a month.
(b) He is scolded.
(c) He is ordered to take care of all the animals for a month.
(d) He is forced to sleep with the animals.

3. How does Pascal keep Equiano on the ship when he is going to collect their naval pay?
(a) Threatens him with physical violence.
(b) Pays his shipmates to tie him up and guard him.
(c) Tricks him by telling them they aren't there yet.
(d) Drugs him.

4. Which of the following does Equiano say helps prove that Africans are related to Europeans?
(a) African culture and religious practices resemble the practices of Jews described in the Old Testament.
(b) The Eboe told a legend about how they used to live in a cold place in the north.
(c) Europeans and Africans eat the same foods.
(d) The Eboe had a legend about how white men came from the north and intermarried with the Eboe.

5. After the battle at Gibraltar, what happens to Pascal?
(a) He converts to Christianity and decides to free Equiano.
(b) He dies from his wounds.
(c) He recovers and goes back on active duty.
(d) He is demoted to a common soldier for cowardice during the battle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does Equiano accidentally kill with a pebble?

2. How long is Equiano reunited with his sister?

3. How do Eboe people acquire slaves?

4. Why does Equiano fight with other boys on board ship after he is bought by Pascal?

5. Why does Equiano get baptized?

(see the answer key)

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