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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 15, where did a man from Rwanda allow Claire, Clemantine, and the children to live?

2. How many people lived in Claire's apartment in Chapter 10 after she got all of her family to the U.S.?

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

4. In Chapter 7, what type of housing did Clemantine, Claire, Rob, and Mariette have at Dzaleka?

5. How old was Pudi when he died?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Clemantine learn about her acting skills in Chapter 8?

2. How did Clemantine and Claire learn that their parents were alive?

3. How did Rob treat Claire in Chapter 15?

4. What happened when Clemantine went to the pharmacy in Chapter 16?

5. In Chapter 7, what was Rob like?

6. What was the camp at Maputo like?

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

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

9. Why did Clemantine quit taking modeling classes?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Clemantine’s mother used an orange to teach her children to share. What did Clemantine’s mother believe about sharing and the world? How was her mother’s philosophy meant to combat possession and entitlement?

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