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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. Approximately how large is the bathroom in which Immaculee and the other Tutsi women hide?
(a) Six by six feet.
(b) Three by eight feet.
(c) Four by five feet.
(d) Three by four feet.

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

3. In what grade does Immaculee first experience ethnic segregation?
(a) Eighth.
(b) Fourth.
(c) Fifth.
(d) Third.

4. How old is Vianney in "Farewell to the Boys"?
(a) 17.
(b) 18.
(c) 22.
(d) 20.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the acronym of the radio station popular among students at the University?

2. What weapon are the Hutu encouraged to use against their Tutsi neighbors in "No Going Back"?

3. Who is killed on the first night of "retributions" for the death of the President?

4. Which of the women hiding with Immaculee in Pastor Murinzi's house gives her advice to stay?

5. What colors are the beads of the rosary on which Immaculee daily prays while in the bathroom?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Immaculee finally make the transition from the private high school to the public high school?

2. How do the six women manage to fit into the tiny bathroom?

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

4. What dominates the feelings of the University students regarding the Interahamwe and their activities in Butare?

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

6. How does Immaculee spend most of her time in the bathroom?

7. What is Augustine's relationship to Immaculee's family?

8. How does Immaculee, while traveling to a wedding with Damascene, pass by the Interahamwe roadblock?

9. What is the only promising news that Immaculee and her family hear during the first days of the genocide?

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

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