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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. Which of the pastor's relatives does Immaculee hear speaking about murders of Tutsi outside the bathroom window at the beginning of "Unlikely Saviors"?
(a) Sembeba.
(b) Dusenge.
(c) Lechim.
(d) John.

2. Into what city does the UN Peacekeeping troops first fly?
(a) Kigali.
(b) Goma.
(c) Uvira.
(d) Bukavu.

3. Whom does Immaculee see for the first time since before the genocide, as related near the end of "The Gift of Tongues"?
(a) Vianney.
(b) John.
(c) Lechim.
(d) Damascene.

4. At least how much weight has Immaculee lost by the beginning of "The Gift of Tongues"?
(a) 40 lbs.
(b) 35 lbs.
(c) 20 lbs.
(d) 50 lbs.

5. What does Immaculee put in her mouth to keep from making a noise in "Keeping the Faith"?
(a) One of the English books.
(b) Her hand.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The French-English dictionary.

Short Answer Questions

1. To where does Aloise offer to take Immaculee and her companions from the French base camp?

2. What is the name of Aloise's husband?

3. What is the name of the Protestant pastor who shames the young men who caught Damascene?

4. Who spots the Tutsi women hidden by Pastor Murinzi during their respite from the bathroom?

5. Which of the Tutsi women is the only one who knows how to speak French when they arrive at the gate of the field encampment?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the French captain offer to Immaculee, and why does she reject it?

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

4. What does Immaculee find those in her town lacking that she had maintained when she visits home to put her mother's and brother's bodies to rest?

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

6. For what does the pastor ask the women to pray with him and why?

7. What is the state of the city of Kigali when Immaculee and her friends arrive there after the war?

8. Why do the Hutu think that the French coming to Rwanda would be a boon to their genocidal efforts?

9. What does Immaculee see after her dream, as related in "Keeping the Faith," and what does she take it to mean?

10. What prevents Damascene from staying with good friends who would have hidden him and helped him to escape the country, leading to his death, as is recounted in "A Letter from Damascene"?

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