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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Equiano think is "magic" on the slave ships?
(a) How the sailors make the ship move and stop.
(b) The oranges and lemons the sailors use to prevent scurvy.
(c) The stoves the cooks use to heat food on the ship.
(d) Mermaids and monsters they see in the water.

2. How old is Equiano when he is kidnapped?
(a) 13.
(b) 11.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

3. Why does Equiano think that he and Pascal spend a whole year waiting for orders on the Isle of Wight?
(a) Because the Isle of Wight is under quarantine for the Black Plague.
(b) Because Pascal is going to be demoted.
(c) Because the English king died.
(d) Because the British navy is reconsidering the use of slaves on their ships.

4. What does Equiano expect to do after the war?
(a) Return to Africa and find his parents.
(b) Attempt to get an officer's commission in the navy.
(c) Continue working with Pascal.
(d) Purchase his freedom and get an education.

5. What work does Equiano do at first for his second owner in the West Indies?
(a) Teachers Latin to his owner's son.
(b) Rows boats, moving merchandise around the islands.
(c) No work; he is allowed to go to school instead.
(d) Works in a goldsmith shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Equiano say helps prove that Africans are related to Europeans?

2. Which is the best description of Equiano's injuries in the battle at Gibraltar?

3. After the battle at Gibraltar, what happens to Pascal?

4. How does Equiano say the Eboe punish adultery?

5. During the cannon battle against the French at Gibraltar, which of the following amazes Equiano?

(see the answer key)

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