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

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

3. Nelson thinks what stole Ruth May's soul?
(a) A ghost
(b) An owl
(c) A snake
(d) An ancestor

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

5. What does Adah miss by the end of Book 5?
(a) The Congo
(b) Nathan Price
(c) Mama Tataba
(d) The old Adah

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Leah create controversy over wanting to do?

3. Who votes for Jesus in the church election in the Price family?

4. Who does Rachel think Brother Fowles looks like?

5. What did Ruth May see in Eeban Axelroot's plane?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nelson give to Ruth May? What does he tell her to do with it?

2. What does Anatole find in his hut? What is this a sign of? What happens to Anatole?

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

4. Why do you think Adah begins to speak after Ruth May's death when she chose to remain silent before it?

5. What does Leah tell Anatole? What does he tell her in return? Why do you think he responds this way?

6. What does Orleanna do after Ruth May's death? Why does she do this?

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

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

9. Where does each of the girls go after Ruth May's death?

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

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