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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. When did everything change in the Congo, according to Orleanna?
(a) The day that they lost the parrot and Mama Tataba
(b) The day that the church burned
(c) The day that Adah began to speak
(d) The day that the river flooded

2. Which Price daughter is the youngest?
(a) Ruth May
(b) Rachel
(c) Adah
(d) Leah

3. Whose job is it to keep an eye on Ruth May?
(a) Rachel
(b) Leah
(c) Adah
(d) Nathan

4. The tone of Book 1 is one of what?
(a) Sadness
(b) Happiness
(c) Forward looking
(d) Danger

5. What does Nathan Price encounter in the garden?
(a) A cobra
(b) An okapi
(c) Poisonwood
(d) Sticker weed

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first of the Prices to interact with the village children?

2. All of the houses in Kilanga have what?

3. How many pounds of luggage per person were the Prices allowed on the plane?

4. Adah doesn't do which of the following?

5. What does Orleanna now look for in her daughters?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Book 1, Orleanna says, "Married to a man who would never love her, she stays his wife because it was what she can do." What do you think she means by this?

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. What is Leah's relationship with her father like in Book 1?

6. What does Rachel think about the Congo on the day of the church picnic? How is she different than the people in the Congo?

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

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

9. Who is Mama Tataba? What does she try to help Nathan with? What does he do with her advice?

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

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