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THE POISONWOOD BIBLE
 by Barbara Kingsolver

Characters By Chapter
EDITOR:
Debbie Long
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CH FIRST NAME LAST NAME DESCRIPTION
1Orleanna PriceSouthern Baptist, mother of four
 Leah Price14 YO Sister, gifted, twin to Adah
 Ruth May Price5 YO Sister, youngest
 Dr. Bud WhartonOrleanna's father, eye doctor
 Rachel Price15 YO Sister
 Adah Price14 YO sister, gifted, twin, handicapped
 Frank UnderdownBaptist Reverand
 Janna UnderdownFrank's wife
 Noah  From Bible
 Shem  Son of Noah
 Ham  Bad son of Noah
 Japheth  Son of Noah
 Rex MintonGoes to Price's church
 Miss Bannie  Sunday school teacher
 Eeben AxelrootPilot with his plane
 Underdown Boys  Younger than the Price Girls
 Mama Bekwa TatabaWorks to help with Prices
 Fynton (Brother) FowlesPrevious Missionary
 Celine FowlesBrother Fowles' wife
 Methusela  Parrot belongs to Fowles
 Saint Mathew  Ruth Mays sock monkey
 Tata Undo  Chief of the village
 Mama Mwanza  Neighbor, legs for burnt
 Tata Zinsana  Villager, missing fingers
 Mama Nguza  Villager, gouter under chin
 Nathan PriceFather and Missionary
 Miss LeepSpinster, Principal of Elementary School
 Crawley Children  Special Education classes
 Delma RoyceCashier in Bethelem
 Tata Anatole  School teacher
 Susannah  Bible woman
 Joakim  Susannah's husband
 Tata Daniel  Daniel from the Bible
2Tata Ndu  Village Chief
 Tata Boanda  Old village fisherman
 Mama Boanda No. 2  Tata Boanda's younger wife
 Leon  Chameleon (pet)
 Mama Lo  Village hairdresser
 Pascal  Leah's first Congolese friend
 Stuart Little  Ruth Ann's mongoose
 Patrice  LumumbaCongo Independence Leader
 Tata Kuvudundu  Preacher of a sort
 Lekuyu (Nelson)  12 YO sent by Anagole to work at Prices
 King BaudouinIndependence contact
 Joseph KasavubuIndependence contact
 Mr. and Mrs. MinorNext missionaries
 Miss Betty NagyAdah's teacher
 King Leopold  Previous King of Belgium
3Aunt Tess  Orleanna's Aunt
 Tata Chobe  Villager
 Moise  TshombeLeader of Lunda Tribe
 Wesley GreenAm. Baptist Mission Service
 Jane GreenWesley Green's wife
 Termite  Nickname for Rachel
 Ngoma  Potential victim
 Mukenge  Potential victim
 Mulele  Potential victim
 Kasavubu  Potential victim
 Joseph MobutuPotential assasin
 Allen DullesIn charge of CIA 1960
 Lawrence DevlinCongolese Station Chief
 Dr. GottliebMade poison for Lumumba
 Pauline  Lumumba's wife
 Roland  Lumumba's son
 Gbenye  Tata Ndu's oldest son
 Tata Kili  Villager
 Mama Kilis (2)  Wives of Tata Kili
 Lucien  Pascal's half-brother
 Bwanga  Lucien's young sister
5The Templetons  Rachel stayed within Johannesburg
 Robine DupreeRachel's Catholic friend from Paris
 Dr. Holden RemileAdmissions Office, Emory University
 Soeur Therese  Friend of Leah
 Mother Marie AerroNun at Leah's home
 Liselin  Leah's Nun name
 Daniel DupreeRobine's Husband
 Leah Price NgembaLeah's married name
 Kwame NkrumahAfrican Nationalist
 Agostinho NetoAfrican Doctor and Poet
 Aunt Elizabet  Anatole's Mother's youngest sister
 Antoine GizengaLumumba's Lieutenant
 Pascal (1968) NgembaLeah and Anatole's son
 Patrice NgembaLeah and Anatole's son
 Martin-Lotaire NgembaLeah and Anatole's baby
 Christiane  Aunt Elizabet's daughter
 Elevee  Pascal's (1968) best friend
 Remy FairleyRachel's third husband
 Geoffrey  Rachel's boyfriend
 Kenge  Tata Ndu's second son
 Nathaniel NgembaLeah's youngest son
 Jose dos Santos2nd president of Angola
6Princess Grace  Rachel's monkey
 General Mills  Rachel's monkey
 Emily DickensonEmily Dickinson, poet
 
 
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