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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. What type of house did Clemantine and her family live in in Chapter 1?

2. In the Prologue, when did Clemantine's parents have to return to Rwanda?

3. In Chapter 6, how many languages did Clemantine say that she learned?

4. How old was Clemantine in 2006?

5. In Chapter 5, how many people were cramed in the boat they fled in?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Belgians racialize Rwanda?

2. In Chapter 5, what was it like for Clemantine to do laundry at the refugee camp?

3. What jobs did Claire have when they came to the United States?

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

5. What did Oprah do for Claire and Clemantine when they were on her show?

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

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

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

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

10. Why did Clemantine not understand the point of the word genocide when she was in the eighth grade?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Claire and Clemantine were reunited with their family on an Oprah show. How long was it before the family was all together in the U.S.? How did the past interfere with their relationships when they reunited?

Essay Topic 2

Rwanda established a Remembrance Day and a period of mourning for the genocide. How did Clemantine feel about the Remembrance Day? What pain did it cause her? How did it make her want to remember and to forget?

Essay Topic 3

Claire and Clemantine spent time in refugee camps. What was life like in refugee camps? How did Claire try to make the situation as bearable as possible?

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