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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the most successful missionary sent to Africa in this story?
(a) Madison.
(b) Charles.
(c) Nash.
(d) Edward.

2. What is the American Colonization Society?
(a) An abolitionist group.
(b) A democratic party.
(c) An African group.
(d) A missionary group.

3. Where does Nash Williams establish his settlement?
(a) In the Congo.
(b) In Freetown.
(c) Around St. Paul's river.
(d) In Sierra Leone.

4. Where is the plantation that Martha is a slave at with her family?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Kansas.
(d) Tennessee.

5. How does Edward get to Monrovia from Sierra Leone?
(a) He never gets there.
(b) By post.
(c) By boat.
(d) By hiking.

6. 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 education and Christian values.
(c) An aptitude for hard labor.
(d) Farming skills.

7. What happens to Nash's first son and first wife?
(a) They die on the way to Africa.
(b) They die of the African Fever.
(c) They are murdered by white settlers.
(d) They survive the African Fever.

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

9. How many children does Martha have?
(a) None.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

10. Where does "The Pagan Coast" take place?
(a) The American South and Europe.
(b) The American North and Europe.
(c) The American South and Africa.
(d) The American North and Africa.

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

12. How many slave auctions does Martha go through in "West"?
(a) She goes through no slave auctions.
(b) She goes through five slave auctions.
(c) She goes through three auctions.
(d) She goes through one auction.

13. Which slave does Edward "adopt" first?
(a) Charles.
(b) Nash.
(c) Edward, Jr.
(d) Madison.

14. Who finds Martha in a doorway?
(a) A mysterious white woman.
(b) A mysterious black woman.
(c) Chester.
(d) Eliza Mae.

15. What illness is Edward struck with on his journey to Africa?
(a) The African Fever.
(b) Gout.
(c) Chicken pox.
(d) A cold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of temperament does Edward's wife have?

2. What is the name of Edward's wife?

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

4. What profession does the new owner of Martha's master's plantation have?

5. Where does Edward board his ship to find Nash?

(see the answer keys)

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