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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 is going on in California during this time period?
(a) The California Gold Rush.
(b) World War II.
(c) A depression.
(d) Slavery.
2. What happens to Edward's wife?
(a) She is murdered.
(b) She is kidnapped.
(c) She commits suicide.
(d) She is abandoned.
3. What do Martha and her boyfriend do with the store when she moves in?
(a) They open a laundry service in the unused portion.
(b) They open a restaurant in the unused portion.
(c) They start to use it as a conventional store.
(d) They use it as an apartment for others.
4. Why is Edward no longer welcome to the American Colonization Society's clubhouse?
(a) He embarrasses some members.
(b) He does not pay the fees required to join their club.
(c) His reputation has followed him to Africa.
(d) He has offended them.
5. What is the name of Edward's wife?
(a) Joyce Williams.
(b) Amelia Williams.
(c) Lilah Williams.
(d) Elizabeth Williams.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where is the plantation that Martha is a slave at with her family?
2. How does Martha pay for her travel to California?
3. Which character is first introduced in "The Pagan Coast"?
4. What is the name of the ship that Edward boards to find Nash?
5. Who was Martha's daughter presumably sold to?
Short Essay Questions
1. Briefly describe the journey that Edward Williams takes to find Nash.
2. Describe the mystery woman.
3. What spurs Edward Williams to go to Africa?
4. Describe the fight that Chester had with some fellow poker players.
5. What happens to the relationship between Nash and his natural mother?
6. How does Martha come to run a restaurant in Dodge City?
7. What group of people make up most of Martha's business while she is in Kansas?
8. How is Nash treated by white men in Monrovia, Liberia?
9. What happens to Martha's boyfriend?
10. In "West," who finds Martha in Denver, and what does this person do for her?
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