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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city does the fleet return to?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Marseilles.
(d) Portsmouth.

2. Why does King tell Equiano that he plans to sell him?
(a) Because King can't stand the heat on Montserrat and is moving back to England.
(b) Because King is going bankrupt and has no choice.
(c) Because King thinks Equiano would be happier somewhere else.
(d) Because King heard that Equiano plans to run away.

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

4. After the battle at Gibraltar, what happens to Pascal?
(a) He converts to Christianity and decides to free Equiano.
(b) He dies from his wounds.
(c) He is demoted to a common soldier for cowardice during the battle.
(d) He recovers and goes back on active duty.

5. How are Eboe children named?
(a) Every son is named after his father.
(b) A name is drawn from a hat.
(c) The Embrenche name all the children.
(d) Based on something that happened around the time of their birth.

6. What is different about the second slave ship?
(a) The captain is mostly interested in hunting whales.
(b) There is no crew, and the slaves do all the work on the ship.
(c) The slaves have to stay below deck.
(d) The slaves are treated better.

7. Which of the following does Equiano say helps prove that Africans are related to Europeans?
(a) Europeans and Africans eat the same foods.
(b) The Eboe had a legend about how white men came from the north and intermarried with the Eboe.
(c) The Eboe told a legend about how they used to live in a cold place in the north.
(d) African culture and religious practices resemble the practices of Jews described in the Old Testament.

8. When Pascal is promoted, what ship is he assigned to?
(a) The John Bull.
(b) The Loyal John.
(c) The Pequod.
(d) The Royal George.

9. What merchandise do two white men steal from Equiano?
(a) A young calf.
(b) Fruit.
(c) His wallet.
(d) A drinking glass.

10. 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.

11. Why does Equiano want to learn navigation?
(a) Knowing navigation will make him more valuable as a slave, so King will sell him to a richer master.
(b) He's interested in astronomy.
(c) In case the first mate dies, to avoid the ship being lost.
(d) In case he ever has an opportunity to escape by sailing away.

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

13. What does Equiano spend his time doing on the Isle of Wight?
(a) Arguing for an end to slavery.
(b) Lifting weights and running.
(c) Reading and writing to increase his education.
(d) Playing cards and dice.

14. What sign is used to mark an Embrenche?
(a) A scar on the forehead.
(b) A headdress of feathers.
(c) A red armband.
(d) A silver badge.

15. After the war is over, where do Pascal and Equiano go?
(a) London to collect pay from the navy.
(b) Paris.
(c) Montserrat to start a sugar plantation.
(d) Virginia to visit Equiano's former master, where Pascal purchased him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first merchandise that Equiano buys to start his trading business?

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

3. Besides the slaveowners, where else does Equiano place blame for the treatment of the slaves in the West Indies?

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

5. How does Equiano describe the living conditions of most slaves in the West Indies?

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