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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. Why does the French captain deposit the Tutsi refugees on the road barely halfway to the RPF camp when he hears reports of gunfire in the area?
(a) His truck breaks down.
(b) He is given orders to avoid fighting at all costs.
(c) He is afraid of conflict with the RPF.
(d) He is afraid of conflict with the Hutu.

2. To what town are most of the refugees in the French base camp moved in August 1994?
(a) Kibuye.
(b) Gishyita.
(c) Colline Kirengo.
(d) Buhongo.

3. What are the first three words Immaculee says to Felicien?
(a) "Do not fear."
(b) "I hate you."
(c) "I forgive you."
(d) "I am sorry."

4. About which of her family members does Immaculee ask Pastor Murinzi at the end of "A Gathering of Orphans"?
(a) Leonard.
(b) Vianney.
(c) Aimable.
(d) Damascene.

5. For how long have the women been in the bathroom at the beginning of "The Gift of Tongues"?
(a) Four weeks.
(b) Thirty-eight days.
(c) Three months.
(d) Seven weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Tutsi were murdered in the genocide?

2. Into what city does the UN Peacekeeping troops first fly?

3. By whom or what is Immaculee console about the fate of her family, as related in "Forgiving the Living"?

4. At least how much weight has Immaculee lost by the beginning of "The Gift of Tongues"?

5. What is the date of Damascene's last letter to his family?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Major Ntwali do for Immaculee and her friends in "On to Kigali"?

2. Into what situation are the Tutsi survivors placed by the French on the road to the RPF troops?

3. Why does Immaculee attempt to teach herself English while hiding in the bathroom?

4. How do the children of the pastor react to learning of the women who had been hiding in the pastor's bathroom?

5. How do Immaculee and the other Tutsi women make it past the Interahamwe in "The Pain of Freedom"?

6. Why does Aloise offer Immaculee and her friends a place to stay in Kigali?

7. How do the RPF soldiers greet Immaculee when she first arrives at the roadblock?

8. How does Damascene face his death?

9. Why does Immaculee say that John squandered the opportunity for love between them?

10. What characterizes Immaculee and Aimable's relationship with one another after the events of the genocide?

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