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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. Who is the last of Leah and Anatole's children?
2. What is the safe place that Ruth May thinks of in case she dies?
3. How long does Ruth May stay in bed?
4. Where does Adah go to school?
5. Adah collects books that have what in them?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does each of the girls go after Ruth May's death?
2. How is Orleanna changed when she finally gets up from bed? Who does she influence?
3. What regrets does Orleanna voice about her family and the situation in the Congo?
4. Why do you think that Leah now feels uncomfortable in the United States?
5. What do Rachel and Adah learn? From where do they each learn this?
6. Why does Rachel think that she can't go back to the United States now?
7. What happens to Ruth May at the end of Book 4? What happens after this event?
8. How has the Congo changed the Prices?
9. Why do you think Adah begins to speak after Ruth May's death when she chose to remain silent before it?
10. What does Tata Ndu want from the family in Book 3? How does the family respond?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast Nathan Price and Brother Fowles. How are their attitudes and approaches toward the village of Kilanga and the Congo different? What do you think each represents or symbolizes within the book?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Nathan Price is the only character from the Price family that does not narrate in the novel. Why do you think he does not have a voice in the novel? What effect does this have on the reader's perception of him and the events of the novel? What does Nathan represent or symbolize in the novel?
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