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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Rob take Claire to get official marriage papers in Chapter 5?

2. In the Prologue, what color seats were Oprah and Elie Wiesel sitting on?

3. What high school was Clemantine attending in the Prologue?

4. In the Prologue, how old was Claudette when Clemantine last saw her?

5. In the Prologue, how many hotel rooms was Claire cleaning in a week?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What were the basic facts of the Rwandan genocide?

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

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

5. What was Claire's life like in Chapter 4?

6. Why and how did Clemantine, Claire, Rob, and the others have to flee Kazimia?

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

8. In Chapter 3, why was the larva-filled dirt a problem?

9. How did the Belgians racialize Rwanda?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 2

The setting in a book is the place or places where the action takes place. Where does the narrative take place? Is the setting simply a backdrop to the story or does it take on the role of a person?

Essay Topic 3

Clemantine arranged a trip to Europe with her mother. What expectations did Clemantine have for the trip and how it would affect the relationship with her mother? Why did her expectations not become reality?

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