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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What happens to many slaves that repatriate to Liberia?
(a) They succumb to African Fever.
(b) They never arrive.
(c) None of the above.
(d) They are murdered.

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

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

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

6. Where does Martha flee to when she escapes?
(a) California.
(b) Canada.
(c) Leavenworth.
(d) Dodge City, Kansas.

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

8. Who tells Martha about the old master's death?
(a) The new owner.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Lucas.
(d) Chester.

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

10. How does Nash Williams feel towards the end of "The Pagan Coast"?
(a) He feels content.
(b) He feels bitter and resentful.
(c) He feels joyful.
(d) He feels triumphant.

11. What river flows to the sea near Monrovia?
(a) The Liberian river.
(b) The Monrovia river.
(c) The Nile river.
(d) The St. Paul's river.

12. What happens to Edward's wife?
(a) She commits suicide.
(b) She is kidnapped.
(c) She is murdered.
(d) She is abandoned.

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

14. What happens to Nash's school?
(a) It burns down.
(b) It thrives, and he adds on another school to accommodate the students.
(c) He sells it.
(d) He stops running it.

15. What time period did most of "West" take place in?
(a) 1800s.
(b) 1900s.
(c) 1700s.
(d) 1780s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Edward find out about Nash from Madison?

2. Where are the Hoffmans going?

3. What is the name of Martha's friend?

4. Who does Edward contact in Africa?

5. What does Nash request assistance from Edward for?

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