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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Equiano's business go in Philadelphia?
(a) He makes a good profit.
(b) He breaks even.
(c) He loses money.
(d) He makes a profit but then loses all his money gambling.

3. Which statement best describes the Eboe's living arrangements?
(a) Men and women have separate living quarters.
(b) Men and women live separately except for the first three years they are married.
(c) Every married couple has their own house, but single people and children all live in one big dormitory.
(d) Women and children live indoors, but men sleep outside in hammocks.

4. How does the ship Nancy get wrecked?
(a) The mast of the Nancy is struck by lightening and most of the ship burns, then it sinks.
(b) The Nancy is smashed by a large white whale.
(c) The Nancy hits rocks and gets stuck on them.
(d) The Nancy capsizes in a storm.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What new things does Equiano see in England that amaze him?

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

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

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

5. When he is sold in the West Indies, where does Equiano ask to be taken instead?

(see the answer key)

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