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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Adah now think that she and Leah have separate lives even though they are twins?

2. What is the parrot's name that was left by Brother Fowles?

3. Leah and Adah have what color hair?

4. Whose job is it to keep an eye on Ruth May?

5. What is the animal that Orleanna remembers seeing in Book 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the superstitions that the villagers have? Why do you think they have these superstitions?

2. 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?

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

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

5. What does Nathan want to happen on the day of the church picnic? Does this happen? Why or why not?

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

7. What happens in Book 2 that makes the Price family and the villagers think that Adah has died? What really happened?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe what happens to each of the three remaining daughters after Ruth May's death. Include in your answer the following:

1) How did the Congo change each person?

2) How did Ruth May's death affect each person?

3) Which of the three girls emerges from the Congo the strongest?

Essay Topic 2

Children are often noted as being more observant. Do you think Ruth May was more observant than other members of her family? What things did she see that her other family members did not? Do you think that her curious nature got her into trouble?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Nathan Price and Brother Fowles. How are their attitudes and approaches toward the village of Kilanga and the Congo different? What do you think each represents or symbolizes within the book?

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