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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 can't the mother and daughters go to Kilanga?
(a) A flood
(b) Mother's too old to make the journey
(c) A war
(d) Adah can't walk anymore

2. After Leah disobeys Father, with what do the girls and Orleanna sleep?
(a) Stuffed animals
(b) Food from the kitchen
(c) Knives and kitchen utensils
(d) Their clothes

3. What does Mother promise to help Rachel learn to do?
(a) Needlecrafts
(b) Braid her hair
(c) Cook
(d) Haul water

4. What becomes Orleanna's only purpose after Ruth May's death?
(a) Meditation
(b) Quietness
(c) Motion
(d) Forgiveness

5. What does Anatole tell Leah not to say?
(a) That she wants to go home
(b) That she hates Africa
(c) That she loves him
(d) That she'll go with him to Leopoldville

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Mother get up?

2. How long after the Congo's independence does Congress look into the United States' secret operations?

3. Who does Rachel think is the cause of all the problems?

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

5. How did Orleanna stay alive after Ruth May's death?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What living creature invades Kilanga? What do the villagers do?

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

5. What happens during the big hunt?

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

7. What happened to Patrice Lumumba?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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