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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The Things We Carried (43-54).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nathan Price do with the hills that Mama Tataba made in the garden?
(a) Ignores them
(b) Levels them out
(c) Plants seed in them
(d) Uses them as a model for his own hills

2. The Prices are going to serve in which town?
(a) Kilanga
(b) Uganda
(c) Underdown
(d) Kuhna

3. What does Rachel tolerate in Africa that she would not have at home?
(a) Her mother holding her hand
(b) Her father telling her what to do
(c) Eating pork
(d) Wearing a pink dress

4. Why do people keep staring at Rachel?
(a) Her white shoes
(b) She talks with a lisp
(c) Her blonde hair and blue eyes
(d) She walks funny

5. Who is the oldest of the Price daughters?
(a) Adah
(b) Ruth May
(c) Leah
(d) Rachel

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rachel want to spend the year in Africa?

2. The tone of Book 1 is one of what?

3. Adah has which condition?

4. What illness does the family try to avoid?

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

(see the answer key)

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