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

2. On what do Leonard and Rose flee their burnt home?
(a) A bicycle.
(b) A camel.
(c) The back of a truck.
(d) A motorcycle.

3. What colors are the beads of the rosary on which Immaculee daily prays while in the bathroom?
(a) Blue and green.
(b) Red and white.
(c) Red and black.
(d) Brown and orange.

4. With whom is Immaculee traveling to a wedding when their bus is stopped by a mob of members of the youth movement?
(a) Leonard.
(b) Damascene.
(c) David.
(d) John.

5. Which Psalm does Immaculee read immediately after Sony is turned away from the Pastor's house?
(a) 151.
(b) 67.
(c) 91.
(d) 131.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what year's killings does Immaculee have only one memory?

2. For whom does Immaculee attempt and fail to pray immediately after thanking God for that which saved them from the killers' second search?

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

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

5. Which tribe had once had a king that ruled the land prosperously and peacefully?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What exchange do Leonard and Immaculee make, and why is it significant?

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

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

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

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

7. Immaculee's Catholic faith is mentioned early and often in Left to Tell; how is she raised to perceive her faith?

8. Of what does Pastor Murinzi accuse Immaculee's father and priest, Father Clement, in "No Friends to Turn To"?

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

10. How is Immaculee embarrassed on her first day at junior high school?

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