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How does he first explain these new sights in his narrative?

He worries that he has already died.

He thinks that he has been cursed by a rival tribe member.

He worries that he has caught a terrible disease that is affecting what he sees.

He thinks that he is in a different world that is full of magic and evil spirits.

Why do the ship’s crew members flog an enslaved person at the end of the excerpt?

because he is sick

because he jumped overboard

because he started a fight

because he refused to work

Why do the enslaved people choose to jump overboard?

They are trying to escape and gain their freedom.

They would rather die than remain on the ship.

They are so thirsty that they are willing to drink seawater.

They are trying to rescue a child who has fallen overboard.

According to the author, what effect of the trade of enslaved people "adds fresh horrors even to the wretchedness of slavery”?

people being forced to become Christian

families being separated

people being forced to leave Africa

some people choosing to kill themselves

Which statement describes the argument that Equiano is making in this passage?

The trade of enslaved people is too profitable to ever be illegal.

Most people are kind and friendly, even if they are involved in the trade of enslaved people.

Christian beliefs support the trade of enslaved people.

The people involved in the trade of enslaved people have no right to call themselves Christians.

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