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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Martha and her boyfriend do with the store when she moves in?
(a) They start to use it as a conventional store.
(b) They open a laundry service in the unused portion.
(c) They open a restaurant in the unused portion.
(d) They use it as an apartment for others.

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

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

4. What is the name of Martha's friend?
(a) Elinor.
(b) Marianne.
(c) Eliza Mae.
(d) Lucy.

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

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

7. 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.

8. How many conversions to Christianity is Nash responsible for?
(a) 50.
(b) 20.
(c) 100.
(d) 200.

9. Where is Martha when she is having her flashbacks?
(a) Virginia.
(b) California.
(c) Dodge City, Kansas.
(d) Denver, Colorado.

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

11. Where does the person who finds Martha in the doorway take her?
(a) To Denver, Colorado.
(b) To a cabin.
(c) To California.
(d) To their own home.

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

13. Where does Edward board his ship to find Nash?
(a) Virginia.
(b) New York Harbor.
(c) England.
(d) Pennsylvania.

14. What kind of plantation does Edward own?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Indigo.

15. Who does Martha fall in love with while in Kansas?
(a) Mr. Randolph.
(b) Lucas.
(c) Mr. Hoffman.
(d) Chester.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to many slaves that repatriate to Liberia?

2. Why is California such an appealing place to many Americans during this time period?

3. Why does Martha's new owner/master decide to sell her?

4. What time period does "The Pagan Coast" take place in?

5. Who is Martha's master/owner when she is with her first husband?

(see the answer keys)

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