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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the English win the battle at Gibraltar, some French ships go aground. What happens to them?
(a) The boys who work on the ships are stranded on the Rock of Gibraltar, where they create their own society.
(b) They are blown up.
(c) They are towed by the English.
(d) They are taken apart and the lumber is loaded on the English ships to take to the West Indies to sell.

2. What does Equiano see at Brimstone Hill?
(a) Escaped slaves.
(b) Pools of boiling water.
(c) Meteorites.
(d) A military cemetery.

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

4. What punishment does Equiano get for accidentally killing an animal?
(a) He is forced to sleep with the animals.
(b) He is grounded for a month.
(c) He is ordered to take care of all the animals for a month.
(d) He is scolded.

5. How does Farmer convince King not to sell Equiano?
(a) Farmer tells King that Equiano had many chances to escape but didn't.
(b) Farmer tells King he will lend him money to keep him from going bankrupt.
(c) Farmer gives King an air conditioner so he does not have to leave Montserrat.
(d) Farmer tells King that Equiano is very happy working for Farmer.

6. What animal does Equiano accidentally kill with a pebble?
(a) A giraffe.
(b) A skunk.
(c) A chicken.
(d) A lizard.

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

8. Why do Eboe merchants kiss the food they are offering for sale?
(a) To show that they love their work.
(b) To show respect to God.
(c) To prove that it is not poisoned.
(d) To prove that it tastes good.

9. Which of the following does Equiano see in the plantation house, which impress him?
(a) Silver forks and spoons and electric lamps.
(b) A fish tank.
(c) A ticking clock and a portrait painting.
(d) A perpetual motion machine.

10. 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) Continue working with Pascal.
(d) Return to Africa and find his parents.

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

12. While he's in Philadelphia, who tells Equiano that he won't be a slave long?
(a) Mrs. Davis.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Mrs. Thomas.

13. Who spreads a lie about Equiano?
(a) The surgeon on Farmer's ship.
(b) Farmer's first mate.
(c) Pascal.
(d) Richard Baker.

14. How does Equiano react when he is told he won't be a slave long?
(a) He's worried about how he'll make a living.
(b) He decides he should go ahead and run away.
(c) He doesn't believe what he's told.
(d) He's very happy.

15. What new name does Pascal give Equiano?
(a) Herman Melville.
(b) Frederick Douglass.
(c) Richard Baker.
(d) Gustavus Vasa.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Equiano is kidnapped, what do the kidnappers do to keep him quiet?

2. How do Eboe people acquire slaves?

3. What is different about the second slave ship?

4. How long is Equiano reunited with his sister?

5. What kind of work do most Eboe people do?

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