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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. When did Claire fly to Rwanda in Chapter 10?

2. In Chapter 9, how long had a woman lived in the camp at Maputo?

3. In Chapter 13, how long after Freddy was born was the hospital bombed?

4. How many hockey rinks were at Hotchkiss?

5. What did Clemantine give up when she made her first bracelet?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Clemantine struggle to navigate the lines between the African and African American communities?

2. Why did Clemantine quit taking modeling classes?

3. What jobs did Claire have when they moved a few miles out of Durban?

4. What was the camp at Maputo like?

5. When did Claire first fly back to Rwanda, and where did she find her parents?

6. In Chapter 15, what was the market like when Clemantine and the children sat and waited for Claire?

7. How did Claire get her family to the U.S.?

8. Why did Rob decide they needed to move again at the end of Chapter 11?

9. How did Claire and Clemantine get away from the camp in Tanzania in Chapter 7?

10. What was the pre-orientation camp like that Clemantine attended before her freshman year at Yale?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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