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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The Things We Carried (43-54).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the family arrives, the country is on the brink of what?
(a) A drought
(b) A civil war
(c) A bomb going off
(d) A thunderstorm

2. Why do people keep staring at Rachel?
(a) She walks funny
(b) She talks with a lisp
(c) Her white shoes
(d) Her blonde hair and blue eyes

3. Where does Mr. Axelroot live?
(a) With a Congolese woman
(b) In the center of the village
(c) Down by the airplane field
(d) In Leopoldville

4. What is the parrot's name that was left by Brother Fowles?
(a) Isaiah
(b) Polly
(c) Methuselah
(d) Shadrach

5. Where does the family put the only mirror?
(a) Rachel's bedroom
(b) The kitchen
(c) The bathroom
(d) The living room

Short Answer Questions

1. All the men in the village are called what?

2. Leah helps her father where?

3. Where does Rachel want to spend the year in Africa?

4. What is the animal that Orleanna remembers seeing in Book 1?

5. Who greets the Prices when they land in Africa?

(see the answer key)

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