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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3 "Crossing the River".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Martha try to get to California?
(a) She travels with her friend.
(b) She finds passage in a wagon of black people.
(c) She goes with Chester in a wagon.
(d) She travels by herself.

2. What is Madison Williams's occupation?
(a) Farming.
(b) He is a missionary.
(c) He has no occupation.
(d) A trading business.

3. Where are the Hoffmans going?
(a) They are going to Virginia.
(b) They are going to California.
(c) They are going to Kansas.
(d) They are going to Colorado.

4. How old is Hamilton?
(a) 26.
(b) 24.
(c) 30.
(d) 28.

5. How does Edward feel at the end of "The Pagan Coast"?
(a) He feels angry.
(b) He feels content.
(c) He feels speechless and dumbstruck.
(d) He feels jubilant and triumphant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Edward's wife?

2. Why does Martha's new owner/master decide to sell her?

3. Where is the plantation that Martha is a slave at with her family?

4. What is Martha's new boyfriend's occupation?

5. What happens to Nash's first son and first wife?

(see the answer key)

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