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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. In Chapter 13, what hung on the wall of Mama Nepele's house that she did not dare take down?

2. How old was Clemantine in Chapter 15?

3. How old was Clemantine when she was accepted at Yale and told she had to take classes before she could attend?

4. In Chapter 15, where did a woman allow Clemantine and the children to wait?

5. How old was Clemantine in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the traditional Rwandan fable about the girl who smiled beads?

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 7, what was Rob like?

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

7. When did Clemantine start making bracelets and what did she do with them?

8. How did Rob treat Claire in Chapter 15?

9. In Chapter 13, what was Kazimia like when Claire, Clemantine, and Mariette returned there?

10. In Chapter 14, how did Clemantine believe there could be equality?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Clemantine experienced trauma in her life. How did Clemantine experience trauma in her life? How did the trauma affect her individuality and how she perceived life?

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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