Who wrote the novel?
Barbara Kingsolver
The oldest of the Price daughters
Rachel
This character has a disability and a biting, ironic voice.
Adah
It's a swimming stroke as well as a type of wrestling, skiing & skating
freestyle
"That's no blizzard. That's my sister"
Frozen
Which daughter is most eager to please her father?
Leah
Who is Orleanna addressing in her narration?
Her dead daughter (and/or the reader)
What crop does Nathan Price insist on planting, despite warnings from locals?
Beans
In a fairy tale Jack climbs it to a magic castle in the clouds
a beanstalk
"We are all connected in the great circle of life"
The Lion King
What is the name of the village the prices move to?
Kilanga
The name of the pilot
Eeben Axelroot
A schoolteacher and translator of Nathan's sermons
Anatole
Types of this, which is often unleavened, include tortilla, pita & chapati
flatbread
"A lie keeps growing and growing until it's as plain as the nose on your face"
Pinocchio
This object, brought from America, proves almost useless in the Congo and symbolizes cultural misunderstanding.
Betty Crocker cake mix
The family who finances the African missions
The Underdowns
The name of the parrot
Methuselah
This type of combatant is seen in an Oscar-winning movie starring Russell Crowe.
gladiator
"I shall call him Squishy & he shall be mine. & he shall be my Squishy. Come here, Squishy"
Finding Nemo
Orleanna compares the Congo to this biblical setting, suggesting it is wild and untamed.
The Garden of Eden
What phrase does Nathan repeatedly use when preaching to the villagers?
"Tata Jesus is bangala"
The Congo is under the control of this European colonial power
Belgium
In math, it's the set of real numbers; in "Star Trek", the space-time one got messed with quite a bit
continuum
"Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind"
Lilo & Stitch