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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Martha start out earlier in life?
(a) The American South.
(b) Kansas
(c) California..
(d) Canada.

2. What word best describes this kind of travel in that time period?
(a) Arduous.
(b) Quick.
(c) Easy.
(d) Smooth.

3. Where do most of Nash's students come from?
(a) From a Congo slaver.
(b) From a Liberian slaver.
(c) From Europe.
(d) From America.

4. What happens to Martha at the end "West"?
(a) Martha dies.
(b) Martha finds her husband.
(c) Martha finds her daughter.
(d) Martha finds happiness in California.

5. How does Martha endure the journey to California?
(a) She gradually becomes weak and sick.
(b) She endures it well to the end of the journey.
(c) She endures it strongly.
(d) She endures it joyfully.

6. Why does Martha's new owner/master decide to sell her?
(a) The owner did not like her.
(b) She disobeyed him.
(c) She was not productive enough.
(d) The owner's farm failed.

7. What does Nash request assistance from Edward for?
(a) Finding a wife.
(b) Supplies for a mission school.
(c) A boat.
(d) Alcohol.

8. What time period does "The Pagan Coast" take place in?
(a) 1900s.
(b) 1600s.
(c) 1800s.
(d) 1700s.

9. Why is California such an appealing place to many Americans during this time period?
(a) There are many plantations that offer work.
(b) There are more new opportunities there.
(c) The climate is colder there.
(d) None of the above.

10. Why is California such an appealing place to Martha? Choose the best answer.
(a) She hopes to find her husband there.
(b) She wants to start fresh with new opportunities.
(c) She wants to see her friend.
(d) She thinks she will find her daughter there.

11. How many years has Nash been in Liberia?
(a) 20.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

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

13. How did Martha's boyfriend acquire his home?
(a) He won it in a poker game.
(b) He inherited it.
(c) He does not own it.
(d) He bought it.

14. What does the letter that Edward Williams receives say?
(a) Nash Williams is dead.
(b) Madison Williams is dead.
(c) Contact with Nash Williams is lost.
(d) Amelia Williams is dead.

15. What kind of cabin was Martha left in?
(a) A luxurious one.
(b) An unheated one.
(c) One filled with people.
(d) None of the above.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Nash's first son?

2. What are the requirements for a slave to be liberated and selected by their master to enter the American Colonization Society's program?

3. Where does the person who finds Martha in the doorway take her?

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

5. Where does Madison Williams reside?

(see the answer keys)

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