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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Equiano brings turkeys on the ship instead of bulls?
(a) Equiano decides he can make more money selling turkeys.
(b) Farmer goes back on his promise to allow Equiano to bring the bulls on board.
(c) Equiano's bulls die before he can get them on the ship.
(d) Equiano decides to stop eating beef.

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

4. On the ship Nancy in 1766, where does Equiano go and make a lot of money?
(a) Eboe.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Gibraltar.
(d) Philadelphia.

5. Why does Equiano complain to the government about the Sierra Leone project?
(a) Because he sees fraud among the white officials.
(b) Because he wants the colony to be in Eboe instead of Sierra Leone.
(c) Because he feels the program is not getting enough publicity.
(d) Because he does not feel he is making enough money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Equiano not go to England immediately after receiving his freedom?

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

3. What two reasons does Equiano give for abolishing slavery in the last chapter?

4. What does Equiano do to try to help Annis?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of Equiano's encounter with Hughes?

2. When Equiano decides he needs to find a religion to commit to (after his trip to the North Pole), how does he begin his search?

3. Does the manumission of Equiano seem like a high point to this autobiography?

4. How does his experience of being "born again" change Equiano's attitude toward life?

5. What are the possible conclusions about Equiano's prophetic dream about finding a boat on the return trip from Cadiz?

6. How does the episode in which Phillips's crew see a flock of flamingos characterize the crew?

7. What is the significance of what happens to the bulls and the turkeys before the end of the voyage?

8. How does the trip to the North Pole develop Equiano's characterization?

9. Why does Equiano choose to go with Dr. Irving to start a plantation in Jamaica?

10. How does the episode with the silversmith parallel earlier events in The Interesting Narrative?

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