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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 never occurred to Orleanna before Ruth May died?
2. Where does Brother Fowles and his family live?
3. What did Ruth May see in Eeban Axelroot's plane?
4. What happens to Anatole in the year after Ruth May's death?
5. The Prices make it look like Rachel is engaged to whom?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Rachel and Adah learn? From where do they each learn this?
2. Why do you think Adah says that the loss of life isn't always unwelcome?
3. What do you think Kingsolver means when she has the woman in the market say that there has never been a village past Bulungu and that she doesn't know of anywhere called Kilanga?
4. Orleanna characterizes Nathan as someone who stands still. What does she mean by this?
5. What happens to Ruth May at the end of Book 4? What happens after this event?
6. What does Orleanna do after Ruth May's death? Why does she do this?
7. What does Anatole find in his hut? What is this a sign of? What happens to Anatole?
8. Who is Brother Fowles? How is he different from Nathan?
9. Why do you think Ruth May chooses a green mamba as the place that she wanted to be when she died?
10. Why do you think Adah begins to speak after Ruth May's death when she chose to remain silent before it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Nathan Price can be viewed as a symbol of colonial oppression. Discuss the similarities and differences between Nathan's treatment of the villagers in Kilanga and the Belgium's treatment of the Congo. How does Nathan illustrate the racial tension and intolerance that was often practiced in Africa by colonial powers?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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