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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal does Equiano accidentally kill with a pebble?
(a) A lizard.
(b) A chicken.
(c) A skunk.
(d) A giraffe.

2. Where does the slave ship land?
(a) Florida.
(b) Barbados.
(c) Plymouth Rock.
(d) Mexico.

3. When Equiano is enslaved to a chief, what kind of shop does he work in?
(a) A bakery.
(b) A blacksmith's shop.
(c) A goldsmith's shop.
(d) A grocery store.

4. What do the Eboe believe about the afterlife?
(a) They believe that everyone goes to heaven when they die.
(b) They believe that good people are rewarded after death and bad people are punished.
(c) They have no idea of life after death.
(d) They believe that everyone is reincarnated until they learn how to be virtuous.

5. How are Eboe children named?
(a) A name is drawn from a hat.
(b) The Embrenche name all the children.
(c) Every son is named after his father.
(d) Based on something that happened around the time of their birth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two things does Equiano think are "magic" when he sees a town built by white people for the first time?

2. How old is Equiano when he is kidnapped?

3. Which statement best describes the Eboes' religious beliefs?

4. What does Equiano say that Biblical scholars have said about Africans?

5. How does Equiano explain the difference in skin color between Europeans and Africans?

(see the answer key)

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