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The Poisonwood Bible | Quiz

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The Poisonwood Bible | Quiz

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1)

What does this chapter reveal about what is going to happen? (from Book 2, Orleanna Price (87-98))

A civil war breaks out in the Congo
The family returns to the United States
The Price's house burns down
One of Orleanna's daughters is buried in Africa
2)

What does Adah study in her work? (from Book 6, Song of the Three Children)

Funeral customs
Viruses
Insects
Water supplies
3)

How old are Leah and Adah on their birthday? (from Book 2, The Things We Learned (101-124))

15
12
17
21
4)

What was the hardest work for Orleanna in the Congo? (from Book 2, Orleanna Price (87-98))

Watching over her four daughters
Hauling the water to the kitchen
Cooking and cleaning for the family
Deciding each day to stay with her family
5)

What does Anatole have on his face? (from Book 2, The Things We Learned (125-141))

Pimples
Freckles
Scars
Moles
6)

How old was Orleanna when she met Nathan? (from Book 3, Orleanna Price (191-201))

12
17
21
30
7)

In Book 6, where do Leah and Anatole live? (from Book 6, Song of the Three Children)

The United States
Brazil
Zaire
Angola
8)

Why do the mother and daughters want to go back to Kilanga? (from Book 7, The Eyes in the Trees)

To find their father
To kill the man who killed the youngest daughter
To put a grave marker up for the youngest daughter
To look for the things that they left behind
9)

Who goes with Nathan on the plane that is supposed to take the family out of the Congo? (from Book 2, The Things We Learned (159-186))

Adah
Rachel
Ruth May
Leah
10)

What do the girls do in the mornings? (from Book 2, The Things We Learned (101-124))

Play
Cooking
Homework
Cleaning
11)

What happens to Patrice Lumumba? (from Book 4, Orleanna Price (pages 317-324))

He is exile to the United States
He goes into hiding for twenty years
He is reinstated as president
He is beaten and killed
12)

Why does Adah now think that she and Leah have separate lives even though they are twins? (from Book 3, The Things We Didn't Know (205-222))

They have different names
They are the middle children
Leah doesn't have a brain problem
Adah's given birth to a new life through her language
13)

The Prices think that who was attacked by a lion? (from Book 2, The Things We Learned (125-141))

Ruth May
Adah
Eeban Axelroot
Nathan
14)

What becomes Orleanna's only purpose after Ruth May's death? (from Book 5, Orleanna Price (pages 381-385))

Motion
Forgiveness
Meditation
Quietness
15)

How far did Orleanna and the family have to carry water? (from Book 2, Orleanna Price (87-98))

One mile
A half a mile
From the kitchen
A mile and a half
16)

What does Nathan preach about in the boat? (from Book 3, The Things We Didn't Know (299-311))

The Eygptians and the plagues
Revelations
The birth of Jesus
The Ten Commandments
17)

What kind of person does Orleanna think that Nathan is? (from Book 5, Orleanna Price (pages 381-385))

The type that stands still
The type to appreciate differences
The type to walk away
The type to love other unconditionally
18)

What did Ruth May see in Eeban Axelroot's plane? (from Book 3, The Things We Didn't Know (245-273))

Oil
Dynomite
Diamonds
Guns
19)

Which family member refuses to take any responsibility for what happened to Ruth May? (from Book 5, What We Carried Out (pages 440-506))

Adah
Rachel
Leah
Orleanna
20)

When was the last time that the mother and her three daughters were all together? (from Book 7, The Eyes in the Trees)

The oldest child's 50th birthday
The death of the youngest child
One of the daughter's college graduation
The day that the father was buried
21)

Who is the new Prime Minister of the Congo? (from Book 2, The Things We Learned (159-186))

Tata Ndu
Pascal Mwanza
Anatole Tataba
Patrice Lumumba
22)

How old is Rachel on her birthday? (from Book 3, The Things We Didn't Know (274-298))

17
19
23
14
23)

What does Mama Mwanza bring the family? (from Book 3, The Things We Didn't Know (205-222))

Water
Figs
Oranges
Antelope
24)

What does Anatole tell Leah not to say? (from Book 3, The Things We Didn't Know (299-311))

That she wants to go home
That she hates Africa
That she loves him
That she'll go with him to Leopoldville
25)

What do the local women feed their families? (from Book 2, Orleanna Price (87-98))

Fufu
Tufu
Tomatoes
Steak
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