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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Equiano's conversion of the Native American not succeed?
(a) Because the other crew members mock the Native American.
(b) Because the Native American says the Great Spirit told him he should ignore Equiano.
(c) Because the Native American gets sick and dies before he converts.
(d) Because another crew member converts the Native American to Islam.

2. When he decides to buy his freedom, how much money has Equiano saved?
(a) Four hundred seventy dollars.
(b) Four hundred seventy pounds.
(c) Forty-seven pounds.
(d) Four pounds and seven pence.

3. Where do Equiano and the rest of the rescue mission head to try to get help?
(a) New Providence.
(b) The Bahamas.
(c) St. Croix.
(d) Montserrat.

4. Why does the English government start an expedition to Sierra Leone?
(a) To return former slaves to Africa.
(b) To increase the slave trade.
(c) To search for gold.
(d) To explore the Amazon.

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

6. What sight does Equiano find strange in Turkey?
(a) Women wearing veils.
(b) Turkeys roaming the streets freely because they are sacred.
(c) Slaves wearing veils.
(d) Men wearing veils.

7. When he returns to England in Chapter 12, why does Equiano want to become ordained?
(a) So he can perform weddings for free blacks.
(b) Because he is tired of going to sea.
(c) So he can convert Native Americans in the West Indies.
(d) So he can do missionary work in Africa.

8. When Farmer and his first mate are both ill, who steers the ship into port?
(a) Equiano.
(b) Richard Baker.
(c) King.
(d) The dying silversmith.

9. Who helps Equiano decide to become a Christian?
(a) John Annis.
(b) An old hairdresser.
(c) Lord Mulgrave.
(d) An old fisherman.

10. How much money does the dying man turn out to have in his fortune?
(a) $1.50.
(b) $1,500.00.
(c) $150.00.
(d) $150,000.00.

11. How does the crew of Mulgrave's expedition survive?
(a) They saw through the ice to keep enough water around the ship to prevent it from being completely stuck.
(b) They chase off the Eskimos with cannon fire.
(c) Equiano and the first mate tie the captain up and take over the ship.
(d) They kill the whale and use its body to keep the ship afloat.

12. What else goes wrong with the Sierra Leone project?
(a) The ships get lost.
(b) Many of the slaves die because there aren't adequate provisions.
(c) The former slaves decide they don't want to go back to Africa.
(d) The ships all wreck because sailors curse them.

13. What prevents Mulgrave's expedition from achieving its goal?
(a) They are stopped by a huge sheet of ice.
(b) They are attacked by a great white whale.
(c) The captain goes insane and begins attacking everyone.
(d) They are attacked by Eskimos.

14. What is the name of the document that verifies a former slave has been given his or her freedom?
(a) Manual transmission.
(b) Emancipation.
(c) Certificate of Freedom.
(d) Manumission.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What minister does Equiano hear preach in Philadelphia?

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

3. When Equiano finds Pascal in England, how does Pascal react?

4. After a trip to the West Indies in 1771, what profession does Equiano follow for about two years, before going back to sea?

5. Why does Hughes tie Equiano up?

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