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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Martha go once her boyfriend is gone?
(a) She goes to Leavenworth.
(b) She goes to Dodge City, Kansas.
(c) She goes to California.
(d) She goes to Virginia.

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

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

5. Who does Edward hire to run errands for him?
(a) Charles.
(b) Mr. Grey.
(c) Nash.
(d) Madison.

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

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

8. What is the African Fever?
(a) Scarlet fever.
(b) Measles.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Small Pox.

9. Who was Martha's daughter presumably sold to?
(a) She was not sold; she was freed.
(b) She was sold to a slave trader.
(c) She was sold to the same place as her father.
(d) She was sold to the same place as Martha.

10. Who is Martha's first husband?
(a) Lucas.
(b) Mr. Hoffman.
(c) Chester.
(d) Paul.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Edward find when he reaches Nash's settlement?

2. What does the mysterious woman worry about at the end of "West"? Choose the best answer.

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

4. What happens to Edward's wife?

5. How does Martha pay for her travel to California?

(see the answer keys)

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