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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. Orleanna's journey in Africa come to what kind of end?
2. What does the chief of the village want Nathan to say is acceptable?
3. Who is the first of the Prices to interact with the village children?
4. What does Nelson tell Ruth May to say instead of "snake?"
5. How old was Orleanna when she met Nathan?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when the family first arrives in the Congo?
2. Why do you think that Adah chooses not to speak?
3. What does Orleanna remember about Africa in Book 1?
4. Where do Nathan and Leah go in Book 2? What do they see?
5. Why does Orleanna go to the Congo? With whom does she go?
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. 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?
10. What does Nathan want to happen on the day of the church picnic? Does this happen? Why or why not?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Prices change during their time in the Congo. Discuss how the changes affect the family, including:
1) Which character do you think changed the most? How did this character change?
2) Which character changed the least? In what ways does the character remain the same?
3) How does the family itself change from the beginning of the book to the end?
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
Why do you think Kingsolver chose the name "The Poisonwood Bible" for the novel? What does the poisonwood tree represent in the novel? What might be an alternative title for the novel that captures what is it about?
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