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The Poisonwood Bible | 10 Question Literature Multiple Choice Quiz

I have not seen any quizzes from this beautiful book, so I decided to make one.

A multiple-choice quiz by goldenmelody. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
goldenmelody

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
261,057

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
359

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What is the name of the eldest child of the Price family? Hint

Leah

Adah

Rachel

Ruth May

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Question 2 of 10

2. In Adah's chapter where she talks about Ruth May's death, which famous poet does she take a line from? Hint

Walt Whitman

Emily Dickinson

Maya Angelou

T.S. Eliot

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is the true meaning of the pronunciation of the word "Bangala" that Nathan uses to describe Jesus to the Congolese people? Hint

poisonwood tree

hero

devil

Africa

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Question 4 of 10

4. What type of word play does Adah like to use, especially to describe herself? Hint

similes

palindromes

metaphors

allusions

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is Leah's new last name after she is married? Hint

Fowles

Pascal

Nhamo

Ngemba

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Question 6 of 10

6. What type of snake killed Ruth May? Hint

Green Mamba

Rattlesnake

Viper

Copperhead

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who is the president of the United States during most of the time that the Price family is in the Congo? Hint

Harry Truman

Dwight Eisenhower

John F. Kennedy

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is Rachel's new last name after she is married the first time? Hint

Smith

Underdown

Axelroot

Tshombe

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Question 9 of 10

9. What does the name, Beene-beene, that Anatole gives Leah mean? Hint

Love of my life

The truest truth

Chid of God

Good friend

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Question 10 of 10

10. What was the name of the parrot that stayed with the Price family? Hint

Fowles

Methuselah

Lingala

Moses

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the name of the eldest child of the Price family?

Answer: Rachel

Rachel is the oldest, Leah and Adah are next (they are twins), and Ruth May is the youngest.

2. In Adah's chapter where she talks about Ruth May's death, which famous poet does she take a line from?

Answer: Emily Dickinson

She starts her chapter with the line, "Because I could not stop for Death/ He kindly stopped for me." This is a famous first line of one of Emily Dickinson's poems.

3. What is the true meaning of the pronunciation of the word "Bangala" that Nathan uses to describe Jesus to the Congolese people?

Answer: poisonwood tree

The word "Bangala" has two meanings, but the way Nathan uses it, it means poisonwood tree. The second meaning is something precious and dear, which is the way he means to pronounce it.

4. What type of word play does Adah like to use, especially to describe herself?

Answer: palindromes

There are usually sentences that are repeated backwards and forwards in Adah's chapters. She also creates palindromes out of Bible verses and hymns.

5. What is Leah's new last name after she is married?

Answer: Ngemba

Anatole is the school teacher from the village of Kilanga.

6. What type of snake killed Ruth May?

Answer: Green Mamba

The snake was placed in the family chicken coop by the village priest.

7. Who is the president of the United States during most of the time that the Price family is in the Congo?

Answer: Dwight Eisenhower

Eisenhower was a general during World War II.

8. What is Rachel's new last name after she is married the first time?

Answer: Axelroot

She married Axelroot to get out of the Congo.

9. What does the name, Beene-beene, that Anatole gives Leah mean?

Answer: The truest truth

Anatole and Leah ended up getting married and having several children.

10. What was the name of the parrot that stayed with the Price family?

Answer: Methuselah

Methuselah was the parrot that had belonged to Brother Fowles; he used profanity quite often, but it was mostly him repeating what he heard.

Source: Author goldenmelody

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