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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 Anatole mourn for on January 17?
(a) Nathan Price
(b) The loss of the village
(c) His parents
(d) The lost independence

2. What is the name of the hotel that Rachel owns?
(a) Hibiscus
(b) African Queen
(c) Equatorial
(d) Hotel de Africa

3. How old is Rachel on her birthday?
(a) 14
(b) 19
(c) 23
(d) 17

4. What does the chapter imply that Ruth May has become?
(a) A lion
(b) An owl
(c) A ghost
(d) A green mamba

5. What is Leah learning?
(a) Basket weaving
(b) Mathematics
(c) Cooking
(d) Bow hunting

Short Answer Questions

1. Nelson thinks what stole Ruth May's soul?

2. Whose picture did Orleanna have in the kitchen house?

3. What new name was the Congo given?

4. The way that Nathan pronounces "Bangala" makes the word mean what?

5. Where does Adah go to school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Rachel and Adah learn? From where do they each learn this?

2. What do you think Kingsolver means when she has the woman in the market say that there has never been a village past Bulungu and that she doesn't know of anywhere called Kilanga?

3. What happened to Patrice Lumumba?

4. How is Orleanna changed when she finally gets up from bed? Who does she influence?

5. What does Tata Ndu want from the family in Book 3? How does the family respond?

6. Why do you think Adah says that the loss of life isn't always unwelcome?

7. What regrets does Orleanna voice about her family and the situation in the Congo?

8. Orleanna characterizes Nathan as someone who stands still. What does she mean by this?

9. Why do you think that Leah now feels uncomfortable in the United States?

10. How has the Congo changed the Prices?

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