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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 does the chapter imply that Ruth May has become?
(a) A ghost
(b) A green mamba
(c) A lion
(d) An owl

2. Which baby does Orleanna think overtakes the mother?
(a) The last
(b) The twins
(c) The first
(d) The neediest

3. What does Anatole find in his bed before the big hunt?
(a) A green mamba
(b) A knife
(c) A lion cub
(d) A scorpion

4. How long does Ruth May stay in bed?
(a) Five months
(b) Three weeks
(c) One week
(d) One month

5. How old is Rachel turning in the beginning of Book 6?
(a) 40
(b) 65
(c) 50
(d) 25

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has not changed in the Congo?

2. Who does Rachel think is the cause of all the problems?

3. In Book 6, where do Leah and Anatole live?

4. Where does Orleanna put Ruth May's body?

5. What color is inside the green mamba's mouth?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Brother Fowles? How is he different from Nathan?

2. What regrets does Orleanna voice about her family and the situation in the Congo?

3. What does Leah tell Anatole? What does he tell her in return? Why do you think he responds this way?

4. Why does Rachel think that she can't go back to the United States now?

5. What happens to Rachel in her life? Do you think she is happy?

6. How has the Congo changed the Prices?

7. Why do you think that Leah now feels uncomfortable in the United States?

8. What does Leah want to do with the men in the village? Who is not happy about this? How does Leah get her way?

9. What does Nelson give to Ruth May? What does he tell her to do with it?

10. 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?

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