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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 much older was Mariette than Michele?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 6 years.

2. How much did Claire have to give the soldiers who beat her and Rob in Chapter 7 to let them go?
(a) $100.
(b) $75.
(c) $125.
(d) $25.

3. What was the name of Clemantine's friend at Hotchkiss in Chapter 14?
(a) Vanessa.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Madeline.
(d) Luisa.

4. How long did it take for Claire, Clemantine, and the children to travel by bus in Chapter 15?
(a) 15 hours.
(b) 10 hours.
(c) 12 hours.
(d) 13 hours.

5. Who ran the camp in Maputo in Chapter 9?
(a) Italians.
(b) Germans.
(c) French.
(d) Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What slum did Claire, Clemantine, and the children live in when Rob came to Lusaka in Chapter 15?

2. In Chapter 13, what time was curfew?

3. In Chapter 14, what did Clemantine do when she could not sleep?

4. How long did a pastor's wife allow Claire, Clemantine, and the children to stay in Chapter 15?

5. Who gave Clemantine beads in ninth grade?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 14, how did Clemantine believe there could be equality?

2. In Chapter 13, how did Clemantine get sick, and how did she get better?

3. What did Clemantine learn about her acting skills in Chapter 8?

4. When did Claire first fly back to Rwanda, and where did she find her parents?

5. What happened when Clemantine went to the pharmacy in Chapter 16?

6. In Chapter 7, what was Rob like?

7. Why did Rob decide they needed to move again at the end of Chapter 11?

8. What good and bad news did a dean at Yale have for Clemantine in Chapter 12?

9. How did Claire get her family to the U.S.?

10. How did Clemantine and Claire learn that their parents were alive?

(see the answer keys)

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