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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is different about the second slave ship?
(a) There is no crew, and the slaves do all the work on the ship.
(b) The slaves have to stay below deck.
(c) The slaves are treated better.
(d) The captain is mostly interested in hunting whales.

2. What kind of work do most Eboe people do?
(a) Diamond mining.
(b) Factory work.
(c) Farming.
(d) They are servants for rich white settlers from England.

3. Why do Eboe merchants kiss the food they are offering for sale?
(a) To prove that it tastes good.
(b) To prove that it is not poisoned.
(c) To show that they love their work.
(d) To show respect to God.

4. While traveling from one place to another in Africa, which of the following does Equiano learn?
(a) How to track deer in the forest.
(b) That he is going to be sent to America on a slave ship.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Two African languages different from his own.

5. How does Equiano say the Eboe punish adultery?
(a) Adultery is not punished by the Eboe at all.
(b) Adultery is punished by making people wear a scarlet letter "A" on their clothing.
(c) A woman found to have committed adultery could be punished with death or slavery.
(d) Only men are punished for adultery, usually with death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "Embrenche" mean?

2. At the end of his long overland journey in Africa, where does Equiano arrive?

3. Why does Equiano stop eating on the slave ship?

4. What do the Eboe mostly drink?

5. What sign is used to mark an Embrenche?

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