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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 do the people not want their children to go down to the riverbank?
(a) The water carries diseases
(b) A crocodile killed a girl the year before
(c) They believe a spirit lives there
(d) The current is too strong to swim in

2. Where did Orleanna meet Nathan?
(a) At a friend's home
(b) At a tent revival
(c) In college
(d) In high school

3. What happens after Nathan Price gives a blessing at the feast?
(a) The people begin to leave
(b) The people begin to sing hymns
(c) A chicken gets loose in the building
(d) Everyone eats

4. The Prices travel to which country to serve as missionaries?
(a) Congo
(b) China
(c) New Guinea
(d) Kenya

5. How long does the family plan to stay in Africa?
(a) 1 year
(b) 2 years
(c) 4 months
(d) 5 years

Short Answer Questions

1. Leah and Adah have what color hair?

2. What does Nathan Price do with the hills that Mama Tataba made in the garden?

3. In Book 1, Orleanna says that Africa afflicted her like what?

4. Who is put in charge of the chickens?

5. What does Methuselah do that makes Nathan angry?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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