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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 does Martha escape?
(a) She does not want to endure another slave auction.
(b) She wants to go to Virginia.
(c) She wants to go to Canada.
(d) She wants to go to Europe.

2. What do Martha and her boyfriend do with the store when she moves in?
(a) They open a restaurant in the unused portion.
(b) They open a laundry service in the unused portion.
(c) They use it as an apartment for others.
(d) They start to use it as a conventional store.

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

4. Why are things difficult for Nash economically?
(a) He spends all his money to fulfill his vices.
(b) He is lazy.
(c) He has been robbed.
(d) He does business in an ethical and Christian way.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is California such an appealing place to many Americans during this time period?

2. What is the name of the ship that Edward boards to find Nash?

3. How does Nash Williams feel towards the end of "The Pagan Coast"?

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

5. How many conversions to Christianity is Nash responsible for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Nash treated by white men in Monrovia, Liberia?

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

3. Do you think that the American Colonization Society sincerely believes in helping former slaves?

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

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

6. What spurs Edward Williams to go to Africa?

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

8. Who is Edward Williams?

9. What is the Voice of Africa?

10. Describe the plantation that Edward Williams owns.

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