Characters
Plot
Themes and Symbols
Book Facts 1
Book Facts 2
100
The reason for the entire family for moving to Congo and is also a baptist minister
Who is Nathan Price
100
Why does Nathan forbid is family for getting on the plane to leave?
Nathan feels like they can not leave because they have not successfully turned every person into a christian
100
What can the parrot symbolize?
The parrot represents what the Congo is like. The bird has always been stuck in the cage and when it is let out of the cage it does not know what it is suppoust to do.
100
How does Ruth May break her arm?
She was spying on a anti-belgian force group.
100
Who first meets the family at the airport in Congo?
Belgium missionaries; Reverend and Mrs. Underdown
200
The daughter born with a disease affecting the left side of her body
Who is Adah Price
200
Why did the family move to the Congo
Their father, a baptist minister, thought he could change every Congo person into a christian
200
What does the garden represent?
The garden can symbolize what Nathan thought the rule world was suppoust to be like. He has no idea what is going on and doesn't realize that where he has moved is completely different than the US
200
Which girl thanks that all the american items they are bringing is just weighing them down?
Leah
200
Who is the only daughter to cast a vote in the election?
Ruth May
300
Youngest daughter who contracts malaria and dies after being bitten by a Green Mamba Snake
Who is Ruth May Price
300
What is the first thing that makes the family realize they are no longer in the US?
They garden was not able to bear fruit because they were american plants
300
What does the green mamba represent in the story and in the african culture?
The snake represents bad luck and danger.
300
What is the score of the votes of the election?
11 people want Jesus, 56 do not
300
Which girl becomes a vegetarian after going on a hunt?
Rachel
400
The daughter who is only concerned about her appearance
Who is Rachel Price
400
How does Ruth May die?
She is bitten by a poisonous mamba snake
400
What is one thing the mirror can represent?
The mirror can show what the African people think of themselves. Looking in the mirror they get to see what the rest of the world sees and thinks about them.
400
What was the local schoolteacher, Anatole, first place of work?
He was first a orphan and taken into the rubber plantations and then the mines before he was taken out to get an education
400
Why does Rachel get upset on her birthday?
She feels like no one is making it a big deal. Also all the girls are getting injured or sick are everyone is to concerned with them than Rachel on her birthday.
500
Who is the daughter that comes to the Congo a Christian and then upon getting there changes her faith and turns against her father
Who is Leah
500
Why did Orleanna decide to leave after Ruth May was killed?
She realized that this had gone to far and know she had lost a daughter because of their decision to come her
500
What is one thing the mirror can represent?
This can also represent how the Price's have become part of Africa. When they came to the Congo they had all of their american stuff but all of it eventually was broken, lost, or stolen. When the mirror is broken the family is no longer seen as Americans but a part of the Congo people.
500
What are the symbols of the candidates in the election?
A knife, a bottle, matches, and cooking pot
500
What are Leah's three sons names?
Pascal, Patrice, and Martin-Lothaire
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