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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 does Axelroot tell Rachel?

2. What never occurred to Orleanna before Ruth May died?

3. What does Leah kill on the anniversary of Ruth May's death?

4. In Book 6, where do Leah and Anatole live?

5. Nelson thinks what stole Ruth May's soul?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How has the Congo changed the Prices?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kingsolver brings the United States into the novel in several different ways. What role did the United States play in the Congo at a national and village level? What does Kingsolver seem to think about the United States' role in the events in the Congo? Do you think the United States should have been involved in the Congo?

Essay Topic 2

Trace the development and changes in Leah's relationship with her father throughout the novel. How does Leah feel about her father in the beginning of the novel? When do her feelings toward him start to change? How does she end up feeling about and relating to Nathan?

Essay Topic 3

Many Christian denominations have sent out missionaries. Do you think that Nathan's version of religion was what his denomination intended? Do you think missionaries should try to convert people? Why or why not?

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