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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 music videos would Clemantine and the other children try to match in Chatper 5?

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

3. What class did Clemantine attend when she stayed with the Thomases for the summer in Chapter 4?

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

5. In Chapter 5, how high did the water get in the boat they fled in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What are two things that Clemantine had in Chapter 2 that were special to her?

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

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

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

8. What were Claire and Clemantine's lives like in 2006?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mood is an element that authors use to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a story. What is the overall mood of The Girl Who Smiled Beads?

Essay Topic 2

Clemantine had to struggle to discover who she was. Why did Clemantine struggle to discover who she was and who she wanted to become? Was she able to reclaim or recreate her identity?

Essay Topic 3

Claire was reluctant to settle anywhere when they lived in Africa. Why was Claire reluctant to settle anywhere when they lived in Africa? Why did she think she would become a victim if she settled somewhere?

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