Comprehension Questions For Olaudah Equiano's Narrative

Task: Answer the following questions for Olaudah Equiano's narrative.

Comprehension Check Questions:
For what crimes were slaves punished? And what was the punishment?
- The Crimes that slaves were punished was for trying to escape off the ship. The punishment was that the slaves were treated badly, beaten and wripped when they tried to escape off the ship.

Critical Thinking Questions:
Interpret:
Why does Equiano blame the illness aboard the ship on the “improvident avarice” of the traders?
- Equiano blames the illness aboard the ship on the traders because they didn't take good care of the slaves. The slaves were treated badly, wripped, beaten and the traders didn't feed the slaves. I think that improvident avarice meant the the traders were really smart because the slaves that survive are the strongerest of the bunch.

Support from the text:
How can you tell that Equiano has a great zest for life despite his assertion that he wanted to die?
-Equian had a great zest for life then wanting death because he was curious of the world around him. He was curious about the quadrant that the marines were looking through it and that everthing around him was like magic.

Infer:
What does this passage reveal about the author?
-The was educated because the author wrote a narrative about his journey on the slave trade.

Draw conclusion:
Explain what a variety of languages indicates about the slave trade.
- The languages indicates about the slave trade that the slaves were taken from different parts of Africa.

Thematic Focus:
When one culture dominates another, what troubles might society face?
- One culture dominates another the society will face misunderstanding between the cultures, their culture will be lost, their will be a loss of freedom, and the lost of rights.