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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. By whom is Immaculee accompanied on her trip home for the holiday?
(a) Augustine.
(b) Vianney.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Aimable.

2. Which tribe came to be the dominant ruling class because of others fleeing ethnic persecution?
(a) The Tutsi.
(b) The Hutu.
(c) The Twa.
(d) The Rwana.

3. Where is the university to which Immaculee is awarded a scholarship in "Off to University"?
(a) Kigali.
(b) Butare.
(c) Gitarama.
(d) Byumba.

4. Approximately how many people ultimately camped outside of Immaculee's house during the massacre at Mataba?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 1,500.
(d) 60.

5. What does Immaculee hold in her hand while passing the mob?
(a) A test from the University.
(b) A baseball bat.
(c) A rosary.
(d) A crucifix.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the categories into which students are placed the first time that Immaculee experiences ethnic segregation?

2. With whom is Immaculee's companion on the trip home good friends?

3. Who else does the pastor falsely accuse, on the authority of the government, of stockpiling weapons to kill members of the Hutu?

4. What stipulation does Immaculee's father place on the Protestant student dating Immaculee?

5. Who goes with Immaculee to the pastor's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Immaculee Ilibagiza initially denied a scholarship to high school?

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

3. Why is Damascene downcast during Immaculee's return home at Easter?

4. How does Leonard react to finding 2,000 refugees from the slaughter of the Interahamwe outside his home?

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

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

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

8. What struggle does Immaculee encounter when the pastor tells her that Augustine and Vianney could not stay at his house?

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

10. How do Immaculee's parents set a good communal example for her and her brothers?

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