Think you’ve got your head wrapped around The Poisonwood Bible? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Which of the following items best symbolizes Rachel's selfish attitude?
her mirror
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her platinum blonde hair
Betty Crocker cake mix
Q. The parrot Methuselah symbolizes which of the following ideas?
old age
flight
independence
annoying parrots
Q. Nelson teaches Adah about which concept?
nammo
nommo
nummo
finding nemo
Q. Rachel's hotel, The Equatorial, is a microcosm of what?
The United States
The Congo
Belgium
Whatever foreign planet Rachel's brain lives on
Q. Orleanna's marriage is an allegory for what?
The Congo's "independence"
third-world medical care
the Adam and Eve story
the shifting theological landscape from pantheistic belief systems to monotheistic religions