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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Gift of Tongues.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item does Immaculee retrieve from her house and give to her father after the first skirmish with the Interahamwe?
(a) A scapular.
(b) A rosary.
(c) A glass of water.
(d) A book.

2. What weapon are the Hutu encouraged to use against their Tutsi neighbors in "No Going Back"?
(a) Their bare hands.
(b) Guns.
(c) Machetes.
(d) Spears.

3. Who in Rwanda demands English-speaking UN Peacekeepers?
(a) The Hutu.
(b) The RPF.
(c) The Twa.
(d) The new president.

4. What prevents the killers from finding the bathroom on their second search?
(a) A tapestry.
(b) Pastor Murinzi.
(c) The wardrobe.
(d) A hailstorm.

5. What are members of the Tutsi tribe often denied in the public sphere?
(a) The right to own automobiles.
(b) Freedom of speech.
(c) Scholarships to schools.
(d) The right to military service.

Short Answer Questions

1. What loud noise does Immaculee hear all night, ending in the snarling of dogs while hiding in the bathroom?

2. For how long have the women been in the bathroom at the beginning of "The Gift of Tongues"?

3. What is the name of the Hutu who protects Immaculee from the crowd at the end of "No Going back"?

4. Whom does Immaculee see for the first time since before the genocide, as related near the end of "The Gift of Tongues"?

5. Where do the Tutsi women hide when the killers begin screaming outside the pastor's house?

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