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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. What does Rachel tolerate in Africa that she would not have at home?
2. What does Nathan Price do with the hills that Mama Tataba made in the garden?
3. All of the houses in Kilanga have what?
4. What makes the Price house different than the others in the village?
5. What do the girls do in the mornings?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the family bring with them to the Congo? What troubles did they have in getting these things to the Congo? How did they solve the problem?
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. Why do the Underdowns come to Kilanga? How does Nathan respond?
4. Why do you think Orleanna stays with Nathan despite the ways that he treats her?
5. In Book 1, Rachel feels like the family is "in for it" in the Congo. Why do you think that Rachel feels this way?
6. How does Orleanna survive in the Congo amid all the hard work?
7. What happens to Ruth May in Book 2 as she is spying on the Jimmy Crow boys? What does she discover in the events that take place?
8. How is Adah different than the rest of her family?
9. 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?
10. Why do the people of the village stare at the Prices? Which family member did people used to stare at? Why do you think this person seems more normal to the villagers than the other family members?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the character of Anatole and what he represents. What is Anatole's background and what does he become? What does he symbolize at a national level? Why is someone like Anatole often viewed as dangerous?
Essay Topic 2
What is the importance of names in the novel? How are names important for people in the novel? What is the importance of naming something wrong in the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Kingsolver brings the United States into the novel in several different ways. What role did the United States play in the Congo at a national and village level? What does Kingsolver seem to think about the United States' role in the events in the Congo? Do you think the United States should have been involved in the Congo?
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