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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do most slaves who go back to Africa stay?
(a) Monrovia.
(b) Liberia.
(c) Freetown.
(d) Sierra Leone.

2. How many slave auctions does Martha go through in "West"?
(a) She goes through no slave auctions.
(b) She goes through five slave auctions.
(c) She goes through three auctions.
(d) She goes through one auction.

3. What is the American Colonization Society?
(a) An abolitionist group.
(b) An African group.
(c) A democratic party.
(d) A missionary group.

4. What does the American Colonization Society do?
(a) It repatriates Christian slaves back to Africa.
(b) It puts citizens in office.
(c) It fights to abolish slavery.
(d) It fights for rights for Africans.

5. What Christian missionaries have been trying to steal Nash's converts?
(a) Methodists.
(b) Presbyterians.
(c) Catholics.
(d) Presbyterians, Methodists, and Baptists.

6. Where does Martha go once her boyfriend is gone?
(a) She goes to Virginia.
(b) She goes to Leavenworth.
(c) She goes to Dodge City, Kansas.
(d) She goes to California.

7. What is the African Fever?
(a) Measles.
(b) Scarlet fever.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Small Pox.

8. What happens to Nash's school?
(a) It thrives, and he adds on another school to accommodate the students.
(b) He stops running it.
(c) It burns down.
(d) He sells it.

9. Where does Edward board his ship to find Nash?
(a) England.
(b) Virginia.
(c) New York Harbor.
(d) Pennsylvania.

10. When does Edward receive the letter from the American Colonization Society?
(a) 1837.
(b) 1835.
(c) 1841.
(d) 1838.

11. Which character is first introduced in "The Pagan Coast"?
(a) Madison Williams.
(b) Edward Williams.
(c) Nash Williams
(d) Amelia Williams.

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

13. What happens six weeks into the journey to California?
(a) The wagon master has to abandon Martha.
(b) The wagon breaks down.
(c) They are gunned down.
(d) They arrive in California.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the plantation that Martha is a slave at with her family?

2. Where was Martha's husband sold?

3. What do Martha and her boyfriend do with the store when she moves in?

4. How did Martha's boyfriend acquire his home?

5. Why does Martha escape?

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