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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 does the captain of the French troops offer to Immaculee shortly after discovering she can speak French fluently?
(a) To search for every Tutsi in the region.
(b) To march on Kigali with all the Tutsi.
(c) To kill any Hutu she wants dead.
(d) To aid the RPF in overthrowing the government.

2. What is the name of the housekeeper who gives Immaculee a detailed description of the death of her brother Damascene?
(a) Karubu.
(b) Kigana.
(c) Traore.
(d) Sanha.

3. What happens to Immaculee when she sees brother's mutilated body?
(a) She begins sobbing.
(b) She faints.
(c) She vomits.
(d) She stares blankly at it.

4. How many Tutsi refugees are in the French camp when Operation Turquoise comes to a close?
(a) 23.
(b) 30.
(c) 12.
(d) 18.

5. By whom or what is Immaculee console about the fate of her family, as related in "Forgiving the Living"?
(a) Her Aunt Jeanne.
(b) A dream.
(c) A garden full of flowers.
(d) Sarah.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the friend who lives near the lake with whom Damascene spends his last night?

3. While in Kigali, where does Immaculee go to pray and meditate?

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

5. What are the first three words Immaculee says to Felicien?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where is the French base camp set up, and who does Immaculee find there?

4. For what reason does Immaculee believe the French would not slaughter the Tutsi people as the Hutu think they would?

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

6. How does Damascene face his death?

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

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

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

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

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