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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Equiano see in the plantation house, which impress him?
(a) Silver forks and spoons and electric lamps.
(b) A ticking clock and a portrait painting.
(c) A perpetual motion machine.
(d) A fish tank.

2. What new name does Pascal give Equiano?
(a) Herman Melville.
(b) Gustavus Vasa.
(c) Richard Baker.
(d) Frederick Douglass.

3. What does Equiano say that Biblical scholars have said about Africans?
(a) That they were created to be slaves.
(b) That they are evil.
(c) That they were created separately from Adam and Eve.
(d) That they are descended from Abraham.

4. How do Eboe people acquire slaves?
(a) They take slaves from other groups thorugh war or trade.
(b) Children who have darker skin than others are marked for slavery at birth.
(c) Any boy who refuses to be circumcised is made a slave.
(d) People sell their own children to be slaves.

5. How long is Equiano reunited with his sister?
(a) He is never reunited with his sister.
(b) One month.
(c) One night.
(d) One week.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Pascal and Equiano go to London after the fleet returns?

2. When he renames Equiano, who is Pascal naming Equiano after?

3. Why is Equiano separated from the friend he makes when Equiano is first working for Pascal?

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

5. When Equiano is sick in London, what treatment does the doctor recommend that Equiano refuses?

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