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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mother cry on Rachel's birthday?
(a) Nathan yells at her
(b) She cuts herself accidentally
(c) She remembers Rachel's birth
(d) The cake doesn't turn out

2. Where does Rachel want to spend the year in Africa?
(a) In bed
(b) Learning about the Congo
(c) Swimming in the river
(d) Making new clothes

3. Who greets the Prices when they land in Africa?
(a) The Underdowns
(b) The Blanktons
(c) The Joneses
(d) The Edwards

4. How long does the family plan to stay in Africa?
(a) 4 months
(b) 1 year
(c) 5 years
(d) 2 years

5. How many meals does Orleanna feed her family in the Congo?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 1

Short Answer Questions

1. The Prices think that who was attacked by a lion?

2. Who becomes Leah's first friend in the Congo

3. When the family arrives in the village, what is the first thing Nathan Price does?

4. What are the Prices told is going to happen in the Congo?

5. How many pounds of luggage per person were the Prices allowed on the plane?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do the Underdowns come to Kilanga? How does Nathan respond?

3. Who is Nelson? Why does Anatole send Nelson to live with the Prices?

4. Where do Nathan and Leah go in Book 2? What do they see?

5. How did Orleanna meet Nathan? How did their relationship change?

6. Who does Ruth May think the Congolese are in Book 1? Who are the white people that Ruth May says are now in the Congo?

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

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

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

10. 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?

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