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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. How old was Clemantine when she celebrated Christmas in a refugee camp in Burundi with pencils she hid under her tent?
(a) 8.
(b) 9.
(c) 7.
(d) 6.

2. About how old was the couple that Claire insisted she and Clemantine check on in Chapter 5?
(a) 70.
(b) 90.
(c) 80.
(d) 60.

3. How much older is Claire than Clemantine?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 9 years.
(d) 7 years.

4. What type of house did Clemantine and her family live in in Chapter 1?
(a) Two-story stucco house.
(b) Gray stucco ranch house.
(c) One-story stucco house.
(d) Small hut.

5. In Chapter 5, what business did Claire start?
(a) Selling scarves.
(b) Selling purses.
(c) Selling skirts.
(d) Selling blouses.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Claire and Clemantine tape for an Oprah show?

2. When fighting broke out in Chapter 5, where did Rob arrange for a boat to take them?

3. What grade was Clemantine put into in Chapter 4?

4. How much did Harpo Studios give Clemantine and Claire for dinner in the Prologue?

5. In Chapter 5, what grade was Clemantine enrolled in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Clemantine live with her family, and what were their lives like before the genocide?

2. Why did Clemantine find herself alarmed and comforted by Elie Wiesel's book, Night?

3. Why did Claire marry Rob, and did he live up to his promises?

4. Why did Clemantine have almost no photographs or mementos to remember her life?

5. How did Clemantine struggle when she first got to the United States?

6. In Chapter 3, where were Clemantine and others taken?

7. How did the Belgians racialize Rwanda?

8. What happened when Claire and Clemantine were sent to their grandmother's farm in Butare?

9. Why did Clemantine move to the Thomases' place?

10. What was it like in the refugee camp in Chapter 3?

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