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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to families in Nathan's congregation that lose a child?

2. The Prices think that who was attacked by a lion?

3. Mama Mwanza does not have what part of her body?

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

5. Who becomes Leah's first friend in the Congo

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nathan Price's opinion of women seem to be based on the events and narration in Book 1?

2. What happens to Ruth May in Book 2 as she is spying on the Jimmy Crow boys? What does she discover in the events that take place?

3. What happens to Ruth May's sock monkey? How does she feel about this?

4. What does Rachel think about the Congo on the day of the church picnic? How is she different than the people in the Congo?

5. What does Orleanna remember about Africa in Book 1?

6. Why does Adah think that church should be called the "Church of the Lost Cause." What does Nathan think about this?

7. What was life like in the Congo for Orleanna?

8. In Book 1, Rachel feels like the family is "in for it" in the Congo. Why do you think that Rachel feels this way?

9. Orleanna says that her journey in Africa came to a bad end in Book 1. What do you think will happen that will make Orleanna's journey end badly?

10. Who is Nelson? Why does Anatole send Nelson to live with the Prices?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Prices change during their time in the Congo. Discuss how the changes affect the family, including:

1) Which character do you think changed the most? How did this character change?

2) Which character changed the least? In what ways does the character remain the same?

3) How does the family itself change from the beginning of the book to the end?

Essay Topic 2

What is the symbolism of the green mamba in the novel? Why do you think Ruth May chose to think of the green mamba instead of somewhere else?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the religions, cultures, and other differences between the Congo and the United States. Which characters in the novel seem to bridge these differences? Which ones do not?

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