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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What order does Phillips give that would have cost the lives of many slaves?
(a) Phillips orders the hatches to be nailed shut.
(b) Phillips orders that the slaves be given no food.
(c) Phillips orders that the slaves do all the work of rebuilding the ship without any help from the crew.
(d) Phillips orders that the slaves test the drinking water on the island.

3. What does Equiano see in Philadelphia that pleases him?
(a) An all-black school.
(b) An all-black hospital.
(c) A museum.
(d) An all-black church.

4. What does Equiano's experience on Mulgrave's expedition make him worry about?
(a) Frostbite.
(b) Being kidnapped.
(c) Money.
(d) Religion and the afterlife.

5. What does Equiano become convinced is necessary for salvation?
(a) Faith, love, and obedience.
(b) Faith, hope, and charity.
(c) Manumission and education.
(d) Music, art, and poetry.

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

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

8. What minister does Equiano hear preach in Philadelphia?
(a) George Whitfield.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) George Greenfield.
(d) George Washington.

9. What two reasons does Equiano give for abolishing slavery in the last chapter?
(a) Ethos and logos.
(b) Humanity and economics.
(c) Politics and physics.
(d) Biology and climate.

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

11. Why does Equiano not go to England immediately after receiving his freedom?
(a) He feels he has a duty to King and Farmer, so he continues working for them.
(b) He has fallen in love with a girl in Montserrat.
(c) He no longer wants to go to England because he likes Montserrat so much.
(d) Freed slaves are not allowed in England.

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

13. What does Equiano tell Farmer before Farmer dies?
(a) That Farmer never did Equiano any harm.
(b) That Equiano expects to see Farmer in heaven.
(c) That Farmer deserves to die because of the way he treated Equiano.
(d) That Equiano is still angry about the bulls.

14. How does Dr. Irving die?
(a) Eating a poisoned fish.
(b) Drowns.
(c) From a poisonous snake bite.
(d) Killed in battle with the French.

15. 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) So he can do missionary work in Africa.
(c) Because he is tired of going to sea.
(d) So he can convert Native Americans in the West Indies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the profession of the dying man who Captain Farmer cares for in his illness?

2. Why does Hughes tie Equiano up?

3. What is the name of the Native American Equiano tries to convert to Christianity?

4. What happens to the bulls on Farmer's last voyage?

5. Who does Equiano blame for the failure of his attempted conversion of the Native American?

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