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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. Why are there no fruits or vegetables in the garden?
(a) The vines all died
(b) The villagers are stealing them
(c) The ground isn't fertilized
(d) There are no pollinators

2. What does Orleanna now look for in her daughters?
(a) Peace
(b) Happiness
(c) Sadness
(d) Illness

3. Who shows up at the Price's in January?
(a) The Underdowns
(b) Mama Tataba
(c) Chief Mwanza
(d) Nathan's brother Ted

4. Orleanna was a child of what era?
(a) The Middle Ages
(b) The Victorian Age
(c) The Depression
(d) The Vietnam War

5. What does Orleanna make for the picnic at Easter?
(a) Prime rib
(b) Fried chicken
(c) Pork ribs
(d) Potato salad

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Orleanna stay with her husband?

2. Where does Leah think that the quote Adah gives her is from?

3. What does Mama Mwanza bring the family?

4. What was the hardest work for Orleanna in the Congo?

5. Ruth May thinks that Africans are from the tribes of ________?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Book 1, Orleanna says, "Married to a man who would never love her, she stays his wife because it was what she can do." What do you think she means by this?

2. What does Nathan want to happen on the day of the church picnic? Does this happen? Why or why not?

3. What does Nathan Price's opinion of women seem to be based on the events and narration in Book 1?

4. Book 2 opens with a startling revelation about the Price family. What does the Orleanna say is going to happen to the family? What do you think will happen in the rest of the book to make this come true?

5. What is the Price house like? How is it different than other houses in the village?

6. Why does Mama Tataba quit working for the Prices? Do you agree with her decision?

7. What happens in Book 2 that makes the Price family and the villagers think that Adah has died? What really happened?

8. What was life like in the Congo for Orleanna?

9. What is Leah's relationship with her father like in Book 1?

10. What happens to Ruth May's sock monkey? How does she feel about this?

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