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

2. Who is caught stealing brandy?
(a) The first mate.
(b) The ship's cooper.
(c) The second mate.
(d) The captain.

3. What does Hamilton worry about in regards to buying slaves?
(a) He is worried about what do with the profit.
(b) He is worries about selling it later.
(c) He is worried about his profit.
(d) He is worried about what his wife will think.

4. What best describes Nash's style of writing?
(a) Erudite and intellectual.
(b) Primitive.
(c) Crude.
(d) He doesn't write.

5. 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) An aptitude for education and Christian values.
(d) Farming skills.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word best describes this kind of travel in that time period?

2. How does Martha endure the journey to California?

3. How is the brandy thief punished?

4. What does the American Colonization Society do?

5. How does Martha try to get to California?

(see the answer key)

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