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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which ethnic group is Immaculee assigned during her first experience of ethnic segregation?
(a) Hutu.
(b) Rwanda.
(c) Tutsi.
(d) Twa.

2. Beyond being well-mannered and virtuous, what do Immaculee's parents expect of her?
(a) To study.
(b) To sing.
(c) To cook.
(d) To clean.

3. Upon what word does Immaculee meditate for days?
(a) Hope.
(b) Surrender.
(c) Forgiveness.
(d) Faith.

4. For what division of education does Immaculee's father sell his cows?
(a) High school.
(b) Junior high school.
(c) Elementary school.
(d) University.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which tribe is given the most opportunity to succeed in the school system?

2. With whom does Vianney leave Pastor Murinzi's house?

3. How does the youth movement of which Immaculee learns at the University attract youth?

4. Which two colonial countries settled in Rwanda and created political tension and turmoil?

5. How many hours of electricity per day does Immaculee's family have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Immaculee's father do to ensure she receives a high school education, and why is it significant?

2. What characterizes the women's stay in the bathroom, as related in "Confronting My Anger"?

3. What realization does Immaculee have which finally enables her to forgive the killers?

4. Choose one word to capture the essence of Immaculee's description of her brother Damascene, and explain why it is a fitting choice.

5. Against what does Immaculee recount arguing in "Struggling to Forgive"?

6. Why does the radio stations tell the Tutsi people to stay inside their homes during the early stages of the genocide?

7. What is the plan that Clementine devises in case the Tutsi were to be severely persecuted at the Lycee High School?

8. What mistake of judgment of character does Immaculee's father make, as related by Damscene in "The Pastor's House"?

9. Who makes up the populace of the Rwandese Patriotic Front, or RPF?

10. Why is Immaculee's father arrested and how is he treated?

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