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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. How did Orleanna stay alive after Ruth May's death?
(a) Desire
(b) Will
(c) Necessity
(d) Instinct

2. How old is Rachel on her birthday?
(a) 17
(b) 23
(c) 19
(d) 14

3. What does Orleanna do when she reaches the edge of the village?
(a) Keeps walking
(b) Screams at Nathan
(c) Cries
(d) Stands and looks back

4. Who does Rachel think is the cause of all the problems?
(a) Nathan
(b) Adah
(c) Anatole
(d) Leah

5. What new name was the Congo given?
(a) Tanzania
(b) Zaire
(c) Kenya
(d) Uganda

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anatole mourn for on January 17?

2. What does Leah wish that she could give to her father?

3. What never occurred to Orleanna before Ruth May died?

4. What makes everyone run to the river?

5. In what year does the CIA suggest replacing the Congolese government?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens to Ruth May at the end of Book 4? What happens after this event?

4. How is Orleanna changed when she finally gets up from bed? Who does she influence?

5. Where does each of the girls go after Ruth May's death?

6. What living creature invades Kilanga? What do the villagers do?

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

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

9. Why do you think Adah says that the loss of life isn't always unwelcome?

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

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