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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What animal does Leah kill during the big hunt?
(a) Impala
(b) Water buffalo
(c) Elk
(d) Monkey

3. What does Nelson say is on the chicken house?
(a) A lion
(b) An evil sign
(c) Paint
(d) An owl

4. According to Ruth May, who is last in the family?
(a) Leah
(b) Ruth May
(c) Mother
(d) Adah

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

6. With what illness does Leah become sick?
(a) Cancer
(b) Malaria
(c) Influenza
(d) AIDS

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

8. What does the chapter imply that Ruth May has become?
(a) An owl
(b) A ghost
(c) A lion
(d) A green mamba

9. Who does the green mamba bite?
(a) Leah
(b) Adah
(c) Ruth May
(d) Nelson

10. What animal did the people around Lusambo think Nathan could turn into before they killed him?
(a) Crocodile
(b) Water buffalo
(c) Lion
(d) Green mamba

11. What does Rachel choose to save from the house?
(a) Adah
(b) Her blanket
(c) Earrings
(d) The mirror

12. What color is inside the green mamba's mouth?
(a) Blue
(b) Green
(c) Black
(d) Brown

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

14. Where does Rachel go after Ruth May's death?
(a) Brazil
(b) South Africa
(c) Japan
(d) The United States

15. Who gets left behind as the family flees?
(a) Adah
(b) Rachel
(c) Nelson
(d) Ruth May

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Ruth May stay in bed?

2. What is Leah learning?

3. What does Ruth May have to do to get her spirit in the bone, according to Nelson?

4. Where does Brother Fowles and his family live?

5. What new name was the Congo given?

(see the answer keys)

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