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

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

3. When was Edward Williams born?
(a) 1790.
(b) 1780.
(c) 1800.
(d) 1785.

4. What does Edward think of Nash's request for assistance?
(a) It is necessary.
(b) It is noble.
(c) It is unnecessary, but he will comply.
(d) It is childish.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What profession does the new owner of Martha's master's plantation have?

2. What does Nash request assistance from Edward for?

3. What Christian missionaries have been trying to steal Nash's converts?

4. Who is the main character of the story "West"?

5. Where does the person who finds Martha in the doorway take her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What spurs Edward Williams to go to Africa?

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the plantation that Edward Williams owns.

7. Describe Martha's boyfriend, Chester.

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

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

10. Describe the mystery woman.

(see the answer keys)

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