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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. How long does the family plan to stay in Africa?

2. Who doesn't always take her quinine pills?

3. Where does Leah think that the quote Adah gives her is from?

4. All the men in the village are called what?

5. Who believes that the village is in a moral decline because more people are going to church?

Short Essay Questions

1. Book 2 opens with a startling revelation about the Price family. What does the Orleanna say is going to happen to the family? What do you think will happen in the rest of the book to make this come true?

2. Why do you think Orleanna stays with Nathan despite the ways that he treats her?

3. Who is Anatole? Why is Nathan angry with Anatole?

4. What are some of the superstitions that the villagers have? Why do you think they have these superstitions?

5. What does Nathan want to happen on the day of the church picnic? Does this happen? Why or why not?

6. What is Leah's relationship with her father like in Book 1?

7. 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?

8. What is the Price house like? How is it different than other houses in the village?

9. 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?

10. Why does Orleanna go to the Congo? With whom does she go?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kingsolver explores the themes of freedom and captivity in the novel. Where can these themes be seen in the novel (family, village, country)? What are the prices that freedom and captivity come with in the novel for the Congo and various characters?

Essay Topic 2

A number of symbols are used within the novel. Choose one symbol and answer the following?

1) What is the symbol and what does it represent?

2) How does Kingsolver use the symbol in the novel?

3) Trace the symbol through the novel and note when it appears.

Essay Topic 3

What is the importance of names in the novel? How are names important for people in the novel? What is the importance of naming something wrong in the novel?

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