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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What new things does Equiano see in England that amaze him?
(a) Taverns and hotels.
(b) A royal parade and a circus.
(c) Sheep and goats.
(d) Snow and church services.

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

3. How do the Eboe dress?
(a) Both men and women wrap a single piece of blue fabric around their bodies.
(b) The men wear pants and white shirts, and the women wear long, colorful dresses.
(c) They go naked, except for a small loin cloth.
(d) Wealthier Eboe people wear elaborate costumes made of feathers, precious gems, and animal skin, but poor Eboe are nearly naked.

4. What two skills is Equiano taught as a child?
(a) Snake charming and bartering.
(b) Agriculture and warfare.
(c) Herbal healing and banjo playing.
(d) Tracking deer and killing birds.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Equiano see in the plantation house, which impress him?

2. How does the battle in the ocean between the French and the English end?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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