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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Equiano fight with other boys on board ship after he is bought by Pascal?
(a) Only the boys who win fights get to eat dinner.
(b) The men force them to do it, so they can bet on who will win.
(c) He has to defend Pascal's honor when the other boys insult him.
(d) Equiano likes to fight.

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

4. How does Equiano describe the living conditions of most slaves in the West Indies?
(a) Better than anywhere else Equiano has been, because the weather is so nice and the slaves are allowed to spend Saturdays on the beaches.
(b) About the same as the living conditions of the slave owners.
(c) Not any worse than anywhere else.
(d) Filthy and unhealthy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the crew do to Equiano when he refuses to eat?

2. Why does Equiano think slaveholders in the West Indies are hypocrites?

3. What does Equiano see while doing his job at the battle at Gibraltar?

4. During the last year of the war, what are Equiano and Pascal doing?

5. While traveling from one place to another in Africa, which of the following does Equiano learn?

(see the answer key)

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