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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. When the family arrives, the country is on the brink of what?
(a) A drought
(b) A bomb going off
(c) A thunderstorm
(d) A civil war

2. What takes up half the day in the Congo?
(a) Visiting people
(b) Praying
(c) Cooking
(d) Caring for the chickens

3. What was the hardest work for Orleanna in the Congo?
(a) Watching over her four daughters
(b) Deciding each day to stay with her family
(c) Hauling the water to the kitchen
(d) Cooking and cleaning for the family

4. Where did Orleanna think she was when she woke sometimes?
(a) Pearl, Mississippi
(b) Atlanta, Georgia
(c) Lawrence, Kansas
(d) Chicago, Illinois

5. What is the animal that Orleanna remembers seeing in Book 1?
(a) Lion
(b) Meerkat
(c) Gorilla
(d) Okapi

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rachel tolerate in Africa that she would not have at home?

2. What does Orleanna now look for in her daughters?

3. Why are there no fruits or vegetables in the garden?

4. Who does Orleanna feel was on Nathan's side?

5. What do most of the girls Leah's age have in the Congo?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the relationship between the Price girls and the village children change in Book 2?

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

3. Why do you think Orleanna stays with Nathan despite the ways that he treats her?

4. Book 2 opens with a startling revelation about the Price family. What does the Orleanna say is going to happen to the family? What do you think will happen in the rest of the book to make this come true?

5. Why does Mama Tataba quit working for the Prices? Do you agree with her decision?

6. What responsibilities to the girls have when mother is in bed? Does Nathan make the situation easier or harder on them?

7. What does Orleanna remember about Africa in Book 1?

8. What was life like in the Congo for Orleanna?

9. 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?

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

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