The Poisonwood Bible Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Poisonwood Bible Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. What do the local women feed their families?
(a) Tomatoes
(b) Steak
(c) Fufu
(d) Tufu

2. How much money does the family receive as a stipend each month?
(a) $500
(b) $100
(c) $1000
(d) $50

3. What is the parrot's name that was left by Brother Fowles?
(a) Polly
(b) Isaiah
(c) Shadrach
(d) Methuselah

4. What does Orleanna make for the picnic at Easter?
(a) Fried chicken
(b) Pork ribs
(c) Prime rib
(d) Potato salad

5. Why do the people not want their children to go down to the riverbank?
(a) The water carries diseases
(b) The current is too strong to swim in
(c) They believe a spirit lives there
(d) A crocodile killed a girl the year before

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Orleanna and her family leave the United States?

2. What was the hardest work for Orleanna in the Congo?

3. Who is the oldest of the Price daughters?

4. What does Orleanna sometimes see on her walks in the Congo?

5. Why does Mother cry on Rachel's birthday?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Book 1, Orleanna says, "Married to a man who would never love her, she stays his wife because it was what she can do." What do you think she means by this?

3. 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?

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

5. What happens when the family first arrives in the Congo?

6. What does Rachel think about the Congo on the day of the church picnic? How is she different than the people in the Congo?

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

8. Why does Adah think that church should be called the "Church of the Lost Cause." What does Nathan think about this?

9. How is Adah different than the rest of her family?

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?

(see the answer keys)

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