Show:
Time and Place
Characters
Events
True or False
Potpourri
100
In which decade do the initial events of the story take place?
What is Late 1950s-1960s
100
Who is the youngest Price?
What is Ruth May
100
Overnight, Mama Tataba reshapes the garden dirt to look like these things.
What are burial mounds
100
The language spoken in Kilanga is Kikongo
What is True
100
Who is the author of The Poisonwood Bible?
Who is Barbara Kingsolver
200
Where is the Price family originally from?
What is Bethlehem, Georgia
200
This character warns of the danger of the poisonous tree.
What is Mama Tataba
200
What does Leah do that goes against her father's wishes?
What is She participates in a hunt with the men.
200
The white bush pilot who lives in the village is named Axelrod
What is False. It's Axelroot!
200
What is "the verse?"
What is A punishment Nathan uses to make the girls copy down an extremely long verse from the Bible until they have learned their lesson.
300
What is the name of the village in which the Price family lives?
What is Kilanga
300
The last name of the missionary couple who first welcomes the Prices to Africa.
What is the Underdowns
300
In the middle of summer, Reverend Price declares an impromptu version of this holiday
What is Easter Sunday
300
Patrice Lumumba is a former social worker who advocates achieving independence through nonviolent methods.
What is False. He was a postal worker.
300
The name of the cake mix the Price family smuggles to Africa.
What is Betty Crocker
400
From where does Orleanna Price reflect on her time in the Congo?
What is Sanderling Island, Georgia
400
The name of the disease from which Leah suffers.
What is hemiplegia
400
How does Ruth May die?
What is She is bitten by a snake.
400
Methuselah was killed by a civet.
What is True.
400
What does bangala mean?
What is Either "most precious" or "Poisonwood tree" depending on how you say it.
500
What is the name of the village Leah travels to with her father when she breaks her arm?
What is Stanleyville
500
Who is the leader of the village?
What is Tata Ndu
500
Mama Mwanza lost both of her legs in this event.
What is a house fire.
500
The Price family was only permitted to carry 42 lbs of luggage on the plane, so they were forced to stuff their belongings under their clothes.
What is False. It was 44 lbs.
500
The garden represents the "original sin" of these biblical figures
Who are Adam and Eve