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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Eboe believe about the afterlife?
(a) They have no idea of life after death.
(b) They believe that everyone is reincarnated until they learn how to be virtuous.
(c) They believe that good people are rewarded after death and bad people are punished.
(d) They believe that everyone goes to heaven when they die.

2. What kind of work do most Eboe people do?
(a) Factory work.
(b) They are servants for rich white settlers from England.
(c) Diamond mining.
(d) Farming.

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

4. What is the first merchandise that Equiano buys to start his trading business?
(a) Spices from India.
(b) A drinking glass.
(c) A silver teapot.
(d) Fruit.

5. After accidentally killing an animal with a pebble, what does Equiano do?
(a) Hides in the shrubs.
(b) Escapes from slavery.
(c) Goes to his father and says "I can not tell a lie, it was I who killed it with my pebble."
(d) Takes the animal to cook and eat it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Equiano not go to England immediately after receiving his freedom?

2. What skill of Equiano's makes his second West Indies owner think that Equiano might make a good clerk?

3. Why do the white men try to kidnap Equiano in Georgia?

4. What does Equiano say that Biblical scholars have said about Africans?

5. Which statement best describes the Eboes' religious beliefs?

(see the answer key)

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