Characters
Who is an extremely religious character who believes that everyone should follow God? This person also has many discriminative opinions about life.
Nathan Price
What country did the novel take place in?
The Congo
True or False? Naivety is a big theme in the novel?
True
Which religion is most prominent in The Poisonwood Bible and is still widely practiced today?
Christianity
What is the capital of the Congo?
Kinshasa
Which sibling is the oldest in the Price Family, and has many feminine qualities?
Rachel Price
What is the name of the village the Price's lived in?
Kilanga Village
True or False? Religion impacted the novel in extreme ways?
True
What real-life global problem is still significant to modern day?
Environmental Crisis
True or false? It takes an hour for a Green Mamba bite to cause fatality?
False - A Green Mamba bite can cause fatality in less than thirty minutes
Who translates the sermons that Nathan gives?
Anatole Ngemba
What type of snake is native to West Africa?
The Green Mamba snake
Fill in the blank: Disagreement v.s. _____________
"Solution"
What real-life issue does this quote refer to?
"Sending a girl to college is like pouring water in your shoes’ he still loves to say, as often as possible. ‘It’s hard to say which is worse, seeing it run out and waste the water, or seeing it hold in and wreck the shoes" (Kingsolver 80).
Female Oppression
How many points of view are present in the novel? (Numbers 1-10)
Which character has a very pessimistic outlook on life?
Adah Price
What is the name of the river that ran through the village?
Kwilu River
Fill in the blank: Adaptation v.s. _____________
God's Plan
What real-life issue does this quote refer to?
"I grew up with my teeth clamped on a faith in the big -white man in power—God, the President, I don’t care who he is, he’d serve justice! Whereas no one here has ever had the faintest cause for such delusions" (Kingsolver 450-451).
Modern American Politics
True or False? The Poisonwood Bible was written in 1980?
False - The book was written in 1998
Who's work was finally appreciated by Rachel and Leah when her and Ruth May fell ill?
Orleanna Price
What were two major conflicts they faced while living in the village?
Bugs and Disease
What theme is present when Belgium took control of the Congo to have access to its resources?
Imperialism
What was the climax of the novel?
The death of Ruth May who is killed by a Green Mamba snake.