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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Edward no longer welcome to the American Colonization Society's clubhouse?
(a) He does not pay the fees required to join their club.
(b) He has offended them.
(c) His reputation has followed him to Africa.
(d) He embarrasses some members.

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 Virginia.
(d) She goes to California.

3. What is Martha's daughter's name?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Eliza Mae.
(c) Marianne.
(d) Martha.

4. Who does Edward entrust to give Nash some money?
(a) Charles.
(b) Mr. Grey.
(c) Amelia.
(d) Madison.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What river flows to the sea near Monrovia?

2. What does the American Colonization Society recognize as a secondary benefit of their program?

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

4. How many years has Nash been in Liberia?

5. Where does Nash Williams establish his settlement?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the relation between Madison Williams and Edward Williams.

2. Describe the plantation that Edward Williams owns.

3. Who is Edward Williams?

4. What happens to most of the letters that Nash Williams writes to Edward Wiliams?

5. In "West," who finds Martha in Denver, and what does this person do for her?

6. How did Madison Williams get emancipated?

7. Where does Nash Williams settle in his second year in Africa in "The Pagan Coast"?

8. How does Martha come to run a restaurant in Dodge City?

9. What illness has killed many slaves?

10. Describe Martha's friend, Lucy.

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