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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the first season of crops at Dr. Irving's plantation?
(a) Half the crop is washed away during the rainy season.
(b) The entire crop is burned down by the French.
(c) Half the crop is burned down by the Spanish.
(d) Half the crop is eaten by crows.

2. When Equiano finds Pascal in England, how does Pascal react?
(a) He is not happy to see Equiano.
(b) He jumps up and down and shouts with joy.
(c) He hides from Equiano, fearing that his former slave will kill him.
(d) He has Equiano arrested as a runaway slave.

3. What boring job does Equiano hold before returning to the sea in 1784?
(a) Writing autobiographies for other people.
(b) Insurance sales.
(c) Turkey-plucking.
(d) Works for an English nobleman.

4. Why do the natives like Dr. Irving?
(a) Because he gives them whiskey and guns.
(b) Because he can dance and sing well.
(c) Because he converts them to Christianity.
(d) Because he cures snake bites.

5. Why does Equiano decide to leave the plantation?
(a) He is scared of the Spanish.
(b) He feels he is far from God there.
(c) He can't take the loss of the crops.
(d) He is tired of people trying to kidnap him.

6. Once they are on the desert island, what does the crew do for food?
(a) They eat their clothes.
(b) They catch fish.
(c) They become cannibals.
(d) They eat nothing.

7. In Georgia, what does Equiano do that almost gets him flogged?
(a) Beats a slave.
(b) Sells turkeys and bulls.
(c) Keeps a light on after 9 p.m.
(d) Curses a ship.

8. After a trip to the West Indies in 1771, what profession does Equiano follow for about two years, before going back to sea?
(a) Hairdressing.
(b) Tailoring.
(c) Acting.
(d) French horn playing.

9. When Equiano sees King again, what does he find out has happened to King?
(a) King has won the lottery.
(b) King has been flogged for having freed Equiano.
(c) King has been badly injured in a ship wreck.
(d) King's house was flooded and washed away.

10. After the wreck of the Nancy, why does Equiano have to delay his return to Montserrat and his departure for England?
(a) His captain refuses to return money that Equiano lent him.
(b) Equiano has been kidnapped and sold as an escaped slave.
(c) Equiano is sick.
(d) Equiano has run into Richard Baker and they want to spend time catching up.

11. What else has Equiano done since the first edition of his Narrative was published?
(a) Built a house in Africa.
(b) Gotten married.
(c) Adopted African children.
(d) Been made a knight by the King of England.

12. What happens to the bulls on Farmer's last voyage?
(a) They can not be sold at Montserrat because cows are sacred there.
(b) They sell for much more than turkeys.
(c) They all die on the ship.
(d) They are sacrificed because of Farmer's death.

13. Where has Equiano traveled since the first edition of his Narrative was published?
(a) Around the United Kingdom.
(b) To Australia.
(c) To Russia.
(d) Around the United States.

14. Whose sermon helps Equiano understand what is required for salvation?
(a) Dr. Irving's.
(b) Reveral Romaine's.
(c) George Whitfield's.
(d) Lord Mulgarve's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to John Annis on the boat to Turkey?

2. What happens after Equiano complains about the Sierra Leone project?

3. Why does the English government start an expedition to Sierra Leone?

4. On a quest for a new religion, why does Equiano decide to go to Turkey?

5. What happens to Equiano on shipboard on October 6?

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