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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Orleanna put Ruth May's body?
(a) Her bed
(b) The dining room table
(c) The couch
(d) The hammock

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

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

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

6. What makes Mother get up?
(a) Rachel burns an omelet
(b) Nathan tells her to
(c) Ruth May needs a push on the swing
(d) Adah disappears

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

8. What does Tata Ndu want from the Prices?
(a) For the family to leave
(b) To marry Rachel
(c) Nathan's blessing
(d) Their chickens

9. Where does Adah go to school?
(a) Yale University
(b) Georgetown University
(c) Emory University
(d) University of Florida

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

11. What does Orleanna do with the furniture?
(a) Burns it
(b) Puts it in front of the door to keep Nathan out
(c) Gives it away
(d) Breaks it

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

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

14. How old is Rachel on her birthday?
(a) 14
(b) 17
(c) 19
(d) 23

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What new name was the Congo given?

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

3. How long after the Congo's independence does Congress look into the United States' secret operations?

4. Who has not changed in the Congo?

5. According to Ruth May, who is last in the family?

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