Crossing the River | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Section 1 "The Pagan Coast"

1. What time period does "The Pagan Coast" take place in?

1800s.

2. Where does "The Pagan Coast" take place?

The American South and Africa.

3. What is the American Colonization Society?

A missionary group.

4. What does the American Colonization Society do?

It repatriates Christian slaves back to Africa.

5. Which character is first introduced in "The Pagan Coast"?

Edward Williams.

6. What does the letter that Edward Williams receives say?

Contact with Nash Williams is lost.

7. How many conversions to Christianity is Nash responsible for?

50.

8. How many years has Nash been in Liberia?

7.

9. Where do most slaves who go back to Africa stay?

Monrovia.

10. When does Edward receive the letter from the American Colonization Society?

1841.

11. Which slave does Edward "adopt" first?

Madison.

12. Who is the most successful missionary sent to Africa in...
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