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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where is the plantation that Martha is a slave at with her family?
(a) Kansas.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Virginia.
2. What kind of plantation does Edward own?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Indigo.
(d) Tobacco.
3. What are the requirements for a slave to be liberated and selected by their master to enter the American Colonization Society's program?
(a) Navigation skills.
(b) An aptitude for hard labor.
(c) Farming skills.
(d) An aptitude for education and Christian values.
4. What word best describes this kind of travel in that time period?
(a) Quick.
(b) Smooth.
(c) Arduous.
(d) Easy.
5. How does Edward get to Monrovia from Sierra Leone?
(a) By hiking.
(b) He never gets there.
(c) By boat.
(d) By post.
Short Answer Questions
1. What profession does the new owner of Martha's master's plantation have?
2. How did Martha's boyfriend acquire his home?
3. Which character is first introduced in "The Pagan Coast"?
4. Who is Martha's master/owner when she is with her first husband?
5. What does the mysterious woman worry about at the end of "West"? Choose the best answer.
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to most of the letters that Nash Williams writes to Edward Wiliams?
2. How is Nash treated by white men in Monrovia, Liberia?
3. What group of people make up most of Martha's business while she is in Kansas?
4. Describe the American Colonization Society.
5. Describe Leavenworth.
6. Describe the relation between Madison Williams and Edward Williams.
7. What did Edward dream that caused him much angst, and what does he interpret it as?
8. Do you think that the American Colonization Society sincerely believes in helping former slaves?
9. How did Madison Williams get emancipated?
10. Where did Nash Williams first settle in Africa, and what did he do there?
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