View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, how long after Clemantine and her family arrived at Dzaleka did she watch a Jesus movie?

2. In Chapter 9, to where did the chief of immigration send Claire, Rob, Mariette, and Clemantine?

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

4. In Chapter 14, what did Clemantine do when she could not sleep?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 9, who helped Claire, Clemantine, and Mariette when the men walked off to find help?

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

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

4. Why did Clemantine quit taking modeling classes?

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

6. What did Clemantine think created true survival of the body and soul in Chapter 14?

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

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

9. What good and bad news did a dean at Yale have for Clemantine in Chapter 12?

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

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

The setting in a book is the place or places where the action takes place. Where does the narrative take place? Is the setting simply a backdrop to the story or does it take on the role of a person?

Essay Topic 3

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,098 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample