Watch the video Slavery and Freedom and click through the section of the PowerPoint presentation Native
American, Puritan, and Slave Literature that covers slave literature. Keep this PowerPoint open and use it as a
reference as you answer the questions about the story.
Read The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano chapter VII (pp. 75-84) ONLY
Copy and paste the questions below into a Word document and answer each of them. (Note: Equiano is
referred to as “Gustavus Vassa” in the narrative.)
Equaino sets aside eight pounds (money) as they sail to Montserrat. What does he plan to purchase with this
money?
How does Equiano’s master respond when Equiano presents him with the money to buy his freedom from
indentured servitude?
Where does Equiano want to go immediately after obtaining his freedom, and why does he not go there
immediately?
When the Captain breaks his promise to allow Equiano to purchase two bulls in Savannah, what does he
encourage Equiano to purchase instead?
What happens to the bulls that are purchased by the Captain in Savannah? What happens to the turkeys
purchased by Equiano?
What title is Equiano given when he arrives in Montserrat? How has he earned this title?
Give two examples of allusion (see Glossary of literary terms) from the narrative.
Identify one example of irony from this chapter of the narrative and explain your answer. For the purpose of this
question, use this definition of irony: “an event or situation that seems completely and unexplainably contrary to
what one expects.”
Identify one universal truth (theme) about human nature that he revealed in this chapter of the narrative, and
explain your answer.
Identify one character trait possessed by Equiano, and cite evidence from the text to support your answer,
either by paraphrasing or a direct quote.