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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. How long before the genocide did the Belgians racialize the country of Rwanda?
2. In the Prologue, how many hotel rooms was Claire cleaning in a week?
3. How many children did Claire have before she was 22?
4. By the time Clemantine and Claire got to the United States, how many countries had they lived in since leaving Rwanda?
5. In Chapter 5, how long would Rob be gone working at the camp?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why and how did Clemantine, Claire, Rob, and the others have to flee Kazimia?
2. How did the Belgians racialize Rwanda?
3. What was it like for Clemantine at the Thomases' place?
4. Why did Clemantine not understand the point of the word genocide when she was in the eighth grade?
5. What were Claire and Clemantine's lives like in 2006?
6. What did Oprah do for Claire and Clemantine when they were on her show?
7. What are two things that Clemantine had in Chapter 2 that were special to her?
8. Why did Clemantine find herself alarmed and comforted by Elie Wiesel's book, Night?
9. What was Claire's life like in Chapter 4?
10. Why did Clemantine have almost no photographs or mementos to remember her life?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Clemantine’s favorite story that her nanny used to tell her was about a girl who smiled beads. What was the story? What did it symbolize to Clemantine?
Essay Topic 2
Claire and Clemantine had different ideas about forgiveness. How did Claire and Clemantine have different ideas about forgiveness? How did not being able to forgive affect Clemantine? Was Claire better off because she learned to forgive?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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