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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2 "West".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the ship that Edward boards to find Nash?
(a) The Mercury.
(b) The Mayflower.
(c) The Duke of York.
(d) The Sierra Leone.

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

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

4. When was Edward Williams born?
(a) 1780.
(b) 1800.
(c) 1785.
(d) 1790.

5. What happens to Martha's boyfriend?
(a) He is killed in a poker dispute.
(b) He leaves her.
(c) He is killed in war.
(d) He marries her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Martha go once her boyfriend is gone?

2. How do the Hoffmans intend to finance their travel?

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

4. What best describes Nash's style of writing?

5. Where do most of Nash's students come from?

(see the answer key)

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