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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. Why are there no fruits or vegetables in the garden?
(a) The villagers are stealing them
(b) The vines all died
(c) The ground isn't fertilized
(d) There are no pollinators

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

3. In what year did Orleanna and her family leave the United States?
(a) 1980
(b) 1960
(c) 1876
(d) 1934

4. What do the girls do in the mornings?
(a) Play
(b) Homework
(c) Cooking
(d) Cleaning

5. How far did Orleanna and the family have to carry water?
(a) A half a mile
(b) A mile and a half
(c) From the kitchen
(d) One mile

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shows up at the Price's in January?

2. Mama Mwanza does not have what part of her body?

3. What does the family eat a lot of?

4. What was the hardest work for Orleanna in the Congo?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the relationship between the Price girls and the village children change in Book 2?

3. What is the Price house like? How is it different than other houses in the village?

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

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

6. Who is Nelson? Why does Anatole send Nelson to live with the Prices?

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

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

9. How did Orleanna meet Nathan? How did their relationship change?

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

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