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Barbara KingsolverA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
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Reading Check
1. What does Orleanna Price describe seeing on the other side of the river in the first chapter?
2. Who are the Prices? How many people are in the family that are heading to the Congo?
3. What problem does the Price family run into at the airport on their way to the Congo? What is their solution?
4. What is one of the first things that Reverend Price does in the yard after the family moves into their new home in Kilanga?
5. What is the difference between how men and women dress in Kilanga?
6. Who is Methuselah?
7. On what type of occasion are the Price children told to complete “The Verse?”
Multiple Choice
1. Which two types of figurative language is Mrs. Price using when she says that the dark green hills of the Kilanga landscape are “looming like the Judgment” (37)?
A) allusion and metaphor
B) allusion and simile
C) metaphor and personification
D) allusion and personification
2. How does Reverend Price feel when he struggles to plant a garden?
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