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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. Adah doesn't do which of the following?
(a) Hear
(b) Speak
(c) See
(d) Smell

2. Who does Orleanna feel was on Nathan's side?
(a) Chief Ndu
(b) Anatole
(c) God
(d) Satan

3. What does Mama Mwanza bring the family?
(a) Oranges
(b) Antelope
(c) Figs
(d) Water

4. What do the local women feed their families?
(a) Tufu
(b) Fufu
(c) Tomatoes
(d) Steak

5. Who greets the Prices when they land in Africa?
(a) The Blanktons
(b) The Underdowns
(c) The Joneses
(d) The Edwards

Short Answer Questions

1. Orleanna was a child of what era?

2. Who is the chief of Kilanga?

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

4. Where did Orleanna think she was when she woke sometimes?

5. In Book 1, to where do the women and the girls go through the forest?

Short Essay Questions

1. What responsibilities to the girls have when mother is in bed? Does Nathan make the situation easier or harder on them?

2. Who is Anatole? Why is Nathan angry with Anatole?

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

4. In Book 1, Rachel feels like the family is "in for it" in the Congo. Why do you think that Rachel feels this way?

5. Orleanna says that her journey in Africa came to a bad end in Book 1. What do you think will happen that will make Orleanna's journey end badly?

6. Why do the people of the village stare at the Prices? Which family member did people used to stare at? Why do you think this person seems more normal to the villagers than the other family members?

7. Who does Ruth May think the Congolese are in Book 1? Who are the white people that Ruth May says are now in the Congo?

8. Why do the Underdowns come to Kilanga? How does Nathan respond?

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

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

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