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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. What loud noise does Immaculee hear all night, ending in the snarling of dogs while hiding in the bathroom?
(a) Whispers of refugees hiding outside.
(b) The wailing of a mother.
(c) The cries of a baby.
(d) The chanting and jeering of the killers.

2. What is the name of the Hutu who protects Immaculee from the crowd at the end of "No Going back"?
(a) Kigawi.
(b) Murinzi.
(c) Ambrose.
(d) Kageyo.

3. What is the name of the 14-year-old girl that Immaculee sitting next to her in the bathroom?
(a) Beata.
(b) Athanasia.
(c) Claire.
(d) Therese.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many girls in Immaculee's family had attended university before her?

2. How far do Immaculee and her brothers walk to elementary school?

3. Of what youth movement does Immaculee learn while at the University?

4. What is the name of Immaculee's University roommate?

5. Of what is the Protestant student convinced should Immaculee help a woman defend herself against robbers and attackers?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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. What does the pastor tell the women he would do for them in "Farewell to the Boys"?

6. What sort of greetings do Immaculee and Augustine receive when they arrive at Pastor Murinzi's?

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

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

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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