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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. What is the parrot's name that was left by Brother Fowles?
(a) Methuselah
(b) Isaiah
(c) Polly
(d) Shadrach

2. Orleanna's husband did what as an occupation?
(a) Diamond smuggler
(b) Baptist minister
(c) Developer
(d) Small business owner

3. What do most of the girls Leah's age have in the Congo?
(a) Scars
(b) Pets
(c) Babies
(d) Necklaces

4. Where does Adah go when she gets home?
(a) To the living room
(b) To her bedroom
(c) To the kitchen
(d) To the hammock

5. Rachel notices that all the women wear what item of clothing?
(a) Sarong
(b) High heels
(c) Button down shirts
(d) Pants

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nelson tell Ruth May to say instead of "snake?"

2. How far did Orleanna and the family have to carry water?

3. Who narrates Book 1?

4. What happens to Nathan in the war?

5. What takes up half the day in the Congo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was life like in the Congo for Orleanna?

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

3. What is the Verse? Why do the girls get the Verse? Who is really to blame?

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

6. Why does Orleanna go to the Congo? With whom does she go?

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. What happens when the family first arrives in the Congo?

9. What does Book 2 tell us about Nathan and his relationship to the family?

10. Why does Adah think that church should be called the "Church of the Lost Cause." What does Nathan think about this?

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