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

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

3. Who is Martha's master/owner when she is with her first husband?
(a) Mr. Randolph.
(b) Lucas.
(c) Chester.
(d) Mr. Hoffman.

4. What does Edward find out about Nash from Madison?
(a) He continues to be a missionary in Africa.
(b) He dies of the African Fever.
(c) He goes back to America with Edward.
(d) He is never found.

5. What does the mysterious woman intend to do at the end of "West"?
(a) She intends to find Martha's family.
(b) She intends to get Martha some help.
(c) She intends to give Martha a Christian burial.
(d) She intends to leave Martha alone.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do the Hoffmans intend to finance their travel?

3. How many slave auctions does Martha go through in "West"?

4. Where is Martha when she is having her flashbacks?

5. Where does Edward board his ship to find Nash?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Martha's boyfriend, Chester.

2. What happens to Martha at the end of "West"?

3. When and where was the last time Martha saw her husband and daughter?

4. What happens to Martha's boyfriend?

5. What is the Voice of Africa?

6. What did Edward dream that caused him much angst, and what does he interpret it as?

7. What happens to the relationship between Nash and his natural mother?

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

9. How did Madison Williams get emancipated?

10. What group of people make up most of Martha's business while she is in Kansas?

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