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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 Nathan preach about in the boat?
(a) The birth of Jesus
(b) Revelations
(c) The Eygptians and the plagues
(d) The Ten Commandments

2. How much money does the United States provide for loyalty?
(a) One billion dollars
(b) One million dollars
(c) One hundred thousand dollars
(d) One thousand dollars

3. What makes everyone run to the river?
(a) Ants
(b) Lions
(c) Snakes
(d) Bees

4. Where does Orleanna put Ruth May's body?
(a) The hammock
(b) The dining room table
(c) The couch
(d) Her bed

5. Where are the woman and her three children in Book 7?
(a) Leah's house
(b) A market in Africa
(c) A restaurant in Africa
(d) Rachel's hotel

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the CIA suggest replacing the Congolese government?

2. Why can't the mother and daughters go to Kilanga?

3. Where does Adah go to school?

4. What does the chapter imply that Ruth May has become?

5. What happens to Anatole in the year after Ruth May's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Ruth May at the end of Book 4? What happens after this event?

2. Who is Brother Fowles? How is he different from Nathan?

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

4. How has the Congo changed the Prices?

5. What happened to Patrice Lumumba?

6. What happens to Rachel in her life? Do you think she is happy?

7. What does Leah want to do with the men in the village? Who is not happy about this? How does Leah get her way?

8. What happens during the big hunt?

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

10. Why do you think Ruth May chooses a green mamba as the place that she wanted to be when she died?

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