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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. What time period does "The Pagan Coast" take place in?
(a) 1700s.
(b) 1600s.
(c) 1800s.
(d) 1900s.

2. Where does Martha's friend go?
(a) She goes to New York.
(b) She goes to Denver, Colorado.
(c) She goes to California.
(d) She goes to Utah.

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

4. Who is the most successful missionary sent to Africa in this story?
(a) Charles.
(b) Edward.
(c) Nash.
(d) Madison.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the mysterious woman intend to do at the end of "West"?

3. Where does Martha start out earlier in life?

4. Where was Martha's husband sold?

5. What is Nash's primary occupation circa 1840?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Martha's boyfriend?

2. What illness has killed many slaves?

3. Describe the plantation that Edward Williams owns.

4. Briefly describe the journey that Edward Williams takes to find Nash.

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

6. What do you think happened to Martha's husband?

7. What is the Voice of Africa?

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

9. How does Martha pay for her passage to California?

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

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