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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pascal do for a living?
(a) Pascal is an officer in the British navy.
(b) Pascal owns a plantation in Virginia.
(c) Pascal owns a goldsmith shop.
(d) Pascal runs a slave ship.

2. What order does Phillips give that would have cost the lives of many slaves?
(a) Phillips orders that the slaves do all the work of rebuilding the ship without any help from the crew.
(b) Phillips orders that the slaves test the drinking water on the island.
(c) Phillips orders that the slaves be given no food.
(d) Phillips orders the hatches to be nailed shut.

3. What two things does Equiano think are "magic" when he sees a town built by white people for the first time?
(a) Cars and tents.
(b) Canoes and teepees.
(c) Bicycles and apartment buildings.
(d) Horses and large brick houses.

4. What does Equiano conclude about Pascal selling him?
(a) He should refuse to work, since the sale was illegal.
(b) It's a test from God.
(c) He should run away and find Pascal to get revenge.
(d) It's okay, because his new owner is nicer than Pascal was.

5. What important change does Equiano's new religious faith produce?
(a) He no longer wants to be a hairdresser.
(b) He is no longer afraid to die.
(c) He no longer wants to live in England.
(d) He no longer wants to be a bachelor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Eboe merchants kiss the food they are offering for sale?

2. Why does Equiano want to learn navigation?

3. Why does Equiano sail to so many places in the Atlantic?

4. What does the island where Equiano's new owner takes him have a reputation for?

5. What do the Eboe believe about the afterlife?

(see the answer key)

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