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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. Who narrates Book 1?
(a) Ruth May
(b) Orleanna
(c) Nathan
(d) Adah

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

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

4. Where is the church supper held?
(a) On the riverbank
(b) At the Price's home
(c) In the center of the village
(d) In the church building

5. What illness does the family try to avoid?
(a) Malaria
(b) Chicken Pox
(c) Measles
(d) AIDS

Short Answer Questions

1. When the family arrives, the country is on the brink of what?

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

3. Why do people keep staring at Rachel?

4. In what year did Orleanna and her family leave the United States?

5. Mama Mwanza does not have what part of her body?

(see the answer key)

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