Call to Adventure
Crossing the Threshold
Climax
Master of Both Worlds
Quotes
100
To spread the word of God amongst the Congolese people.
What is the reason the Price family relocated?
100
Pascal
What is the name of the boy that Leah first befriends?
100
What is Anatole's job in the village?
teacher
100
Who does Leah marry?
Anatole
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Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work-that goes on,it adds up.
The country itself was at war. Belgium and the Congo were in war but the people of the Congo continued to live their lives and make the most of each day they had.
200
What was Leah's inital reaction when receiving the news about moving to the Congo?
Leah was the only daughter to stand up for her father and remain positive about the missionary work in the Congo.
200
Who is sent to the Price family to aid them in handiwork and why?
Nelson, one of Anatole's best students, is sent to the Price family in hopes of saving up enough money to buy a wife
200
How do Leah and Anatole first meet?
He comes over for dinner.
200
What is the name of her first born and why?
Pascal
200
What keeps you going isn't some fine destination but just the road your on, and the fact that you know how to drive.
Leah learned how to live your life with the circumstances your given and make the most of it.
300
They are twin sisters.
What is special about the relationship between Adah and Leah?
300
Lamumba
Who does Leah witness become the new Prime Minister?
300
What happens at the dinner?
Anatole and Nathan Price get into an argument over church attendance.
300
How many children do Leah and Anatole have together?
Three
300
Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to hope for when they throw a penny in a fountain.
Rachel was blinded by a life that she wished for but she didn't know what she wanted but she wasn't going to be happy until you have it.
400
Baptist
What is the denomination the Price family wish to spread amongst the Congolese?
400
How does Orleanna and Ruth May's sickness affect Leah's maturity?
It requires her to step up and take care of them which foreces her into the role of a caretaker.
400
Describe the cause for the family splitting up.
The infestation of the ants causes the family to be separated and to get lost from each other. Forcing each one to fend for themselves.
400
Why is Anatole arrested?
He goes against the normal ways of his native society by receiving education in the United States with Leah
400
I think the most interesting parts of human experience might be the sparks that come from that sort of chipping flint of cultures rubbing against each other.
This quote relates to Leah and Anatole's relationship in how they both come from different worlds but they've learned to mend their worlds together to be happy wherever they are.
500
Kilanga
What is the name of the city the Price family arrived to?
500
In what circumstance does Leah feel most disrespected?
When she asists Anatole in teaching at the school house. They disrespect her because she is a woman and society teaches gender inequality.
500
What is Anatole's belief about the church attendance versus Nathan Price's belief about it?
Anatole believes that the people who come to church only do so out of hope for better luck. Nathan Price believes they are there to learn from God and to be baptized.
500
Angola
What is the name of the place in which Anatole and Leah reside at the end of the book?
500
I used to think religion was just more of the same thing. Dumb responsibility on the big guy. Now I see an importance in that. It's a relief to accept that not everything is under your control.
This relates to the book in how Leah finally realizes its not just God's way or no way its understanding that you can't control everything that happens and that you can't control everything that happens and that everything happens for the reason.
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