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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 was Clemantine's mother wearing when they were reunited in the Prologue?

2. What water park did Clemantine remember going to in Chapter 2?

3. In Chpater 4, what was the name of a girl Clematine defended from a bully?

4. Where did Claire have a godmother who sent her gifts?

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

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

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

5. What was it like for Clemantine at the Thomases' place?

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

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

8. What happened when Claire and Clemantine were sent to their grandmother's farm in Butare?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe the world and people in a narrative. Imagery involves using the five senses to describe people, places, and things. How does the author use imagery to help readers imagine the world the author lived in?

Essay Topic 3

Clemantine made the comment that “war is a thief” (166). Why did Clemantine make the comment that “war is a thief”? What did war steal from Clemantine and from Rwanda?

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