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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. How far was the water pump from the place where Clemantine and the family lived in Chapter 15?
2. Where did Clemantine's group spend the night after crossing Lake Tanganyika in Chapter 7?
3. Who gave Clemantine beads in ninth grade?
4. In Chapter 15, where did a man from Rwanda allow Claire, Clemantine, and the children to live?
5. In Chapter 15, where did Claire, Clemantine, and the chldren travel after a pastor helped them buy bus tickets?
Short Essay Questions
1. When did Claire first fly back to Rwanda, and where did she find her parents?
2. What was the traditional Rwandan fable about the girl who smiled beads?
3. How did Clemantine and Claire learn that their parents were alive?
4. How did Claire and Clemantine get away from the camp in Tanzania in Chapter 7?
5. What happened when Clemantine went to the pharmacy in Chapter 16?
6. Why did Clemantine struggle to navigate the lines between the African and African American communities?
7. What was the pre-orientation camp like that Clemantine attended before her freshman year at Yale?
8. What was the camp at Maputo like?
9. What did Clemantine think created true survival of the body and soul in Chapter 14?
10. In Chapter 9, who helped Claire, Clemantine, and Mariette when the men walked off to find help?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?
Essay Topic 2
Claire was reluctant to settle anywhere when they lived in Africa. Why was Claire reluctant to settle anywhere when they lived in Africa? Why did she think she would become a victim if she settled somewhere?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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