3. What happens to Patrice Lumumba?
(a) He is reinstated as president
(b) He goes into hiding for twenty years
(c) He is exile to the United States
(d) He is beaten and killed

4. Who does Rachel think is the cause of all the problems?
(a) Leah
(b) Nathan
(c) Anatole
(d) Adah

5. What do the girls find when they take Ruth May's bed away from the wall?
(a) Malaria pills
(b) Ruth May's sock monkey
(c) A snake
(d) Spiders

6. What does the old woman give to Mother?
(a) A mirror
(b) A carved okapi
(c) A beaded necklace
(d) A picture of her daughters

7. What does Adah study in her work?
(a) Water supplies
(b) Insects
(c) Viruses
(d) Funeral customs

8. Why can't the mother and daughters go to Kilanga?
(a) Mother's too old to make the journey
(b) A flood
(c) A war
(d) Adah can't walk anymore

9. What never occurred to Orleanna before Ruth May died?
(a) To leave Nathan because of being unhappy with him
(b) To trust the people of Kilanga
(c) To pay off Eeban Axelroot to take her home
(d) To stay in the Congo

10. Which family member refuses to take any responsibility for what happened to Ruth May?
(a) Leah
(b) Orleanna
(c) Rachel
(d) Adah

11. What does Orleanna do when she reaches the edge of the village?
(a) Cries
(b) Keeps walking
(c) Stands and looks back
(d) Screams at Nathan

12. Why do the mother and daughters want to go back to Kilanga?
(a) To look for the things that they left behind
(b) To find their father
(c) To put a grave marker up for the youngest daughter
(d) To kill the man who killed the youngest daughter

13. What did Ruth May see in Eeban Axelroot's plane?
(a) Dynomite
(b) Oil
(c) Diamonds
(d) Guns

14. What does Anatole mourn for on January 17?
(a) The loss of the village
(b) His parents
(c) The lost independence
(d) Nathan Price

15. What does Anatole find in his bed before the big hunt?
(a) A green mamba
(b) A scorpion
(c) A lion cub
(d) A knife