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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the American Colonization Society do?
(a) It fights for rights for Africans.
(b) It repatriates Christian slaves back to Africa.
(c) It fights to abolish slavery.
(d) It puts citizens in office.

4. How do the Hoffmans intend to finance their travel?
(a) They intend to finance their travel by selling Martha.
(b) They intend to finance their travel by paying along the way.
(c) They intend to finance their travel by saving up the money through their farm.
(d) They intend to finance their travel by borrowing money.

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

6. Who does Edward contact in Africa?
(a) Mr. Grey.
(b) Madison.
(c) Charles.
(d) Nash.

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

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

9. What happens to Martha's friend who she worked with early on?
(a) She is killed.
(b) She falls in love and marries.
(c) She dies of natural causes.
(d) She moves to New York.

10. Who inherits the plantation of Martha's master/owner when he dies?
(a) Mr. Hoffman.
(b) Lucas.
(c) The master's son.
(d) The master's brother.

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

12. Where are the Hoffmans going?
(a) They are going to California.
(b) They are going to Kansas.
(c) They are going to Colorado.
(d) They are going to Virginia.

13. What Christian missionaries have been trying to steal Nash's converts?
(a) Presbyterians.
(b) Catholics.
(c) Methodists.
(d) Presbyterians, Methodists, and Baptists.

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

15. Where does Martha's friend go?
(a) She goes to Utah.
(b) She goes to California.
(c) She goes to New York.
(d) She goes to Denver, Colorado.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Edward hire to run errands for him?

2. How does Edward get to Monrovia from Sierra Leone?

3. What illness is Edward struck with on his journey to Africa?

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

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

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