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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 does Methuselah do that makes Nathan angry?
(a) Gets out of his cage
(b) Says a swear word
(c) Eats Nathan's sermon paper
(d) Sings too loud

2. What does Leah picture as her future career?
(a) Doctor
(b) Lawyer
(c) Missionary
(d) Housewife

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

4. What lesson does Nathan Price give Leah about why God gave people seeds?
(a) God created the earth
(b) God gives seeds to sustain people
(c) God blesses the faithful
(d) God helps those who help themselves

5. How old was Orleanna when she met Nathan?
(a) 21
(b) 17
(c) 12
(d) 30

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Leah think that the quote Adah gives her is from?

2. What does Orleanna make for the picnic at Easter?

3. What do the girls get from Mother for Christmas?

4. Who narrates Book 1?

5. Rachel notices that all the women wear what item of clothing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Orleanna remember about Africa in Book 1?

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

9. Why do you think Orleanna stays with Nathan despite the ways that he treats her?

10. What happens in Book 2 that makes the Price family and the villagers think that Adah has died? What really happened?

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