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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Martha's new boyfriend's occupation?
2. Why are things difficult for Nash economically?
3. Where does "The Pagan Coast" take place?
4. Who is the main character of the story "West"?
5. What do Martha and her boyfriend do with the store when she moves in?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Cleo Hoffman.
2. What illness has killed many slaves?
3. What spurs Edward Williams to go to Africa?
4. What is the Voice of Africa?
5. Where did Nash Williams first settle in Africa, and what did he do there?
6. What do you think happened to Martha's husband?
7. Describe Leavenworth.
8. Describe Martha's friend, Lucy.
9. Where does Nash Williams settle in his second year in Africa in "The Pagan Coast"?
10. How did Chester acquire his home?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
"Somewhere in England" focuses mainly on the story of Joyce, but there are some other characters worth focusing on, such as Len, Travis, and Joyce's mother. Each character represents a perspective and influences the outcome of the plot in some form. What representation was the strongest and most significant in the story? What message did the author intend to give through this story? Make sure you use examples from the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
All the stories that make up Crossing the River share common threads though they fall across different lands and times. Choose one theme that runs throughout all the stories, and describe how your chosen theme runs through each story. You must mention all four stories, describing how that theme runs through it. Make sure you use examples from the book to support your answer. Your answer should be at least four paragraphs (one paragraph for each story).
Essay Topic 3
In "Crossing the River," James Hamilton is a young English merchant who inherits his father's ship. His father seems to have broken down due to his inability to reconcile his Christian and moral beliefs with the profession he took part in for most of his life, which was slave trading. Compare the young Hamilton with his father. How does young Hamilton reconcile his beliefs with his profession? What happened to Hamilton's father? What do you think will happen to Hamilton eventually? Do you think a similar fate to his father awaits him?
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