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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Burying the Dead.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item does Immaculee retrieve from her house and give to her father after the first skirmish with the Interahamwe?
(a) A book.
(b) A scapular.
(c) A glass of water.
(d) A rosary.

2. How many cows does Immaculee's father sell in order to pay for her schooling?
(a) Two.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

3. What does Immaculee track within Rwanda in her first job at the UN?
(a) Tutsi refugees.
(b) Hutu refugees.
(c) Supplies.
(d) UN Peacekeeping troops.

4. Beyond being well-mannered and virtuous, what do Immaculee's parents expect of her?
(a) To clean.
(b) To sing.
(c) To study.
(d) To cook.

5. What is the first sentence that Immaculee learns to say in English?
(a) "I am Tutsi."
(b) "I am Immaculee."
(c) "I want a job."
(d) "I am looking for my family."

Short Answer Questions

1. For what division of education does Immaculee's father sell his cows?

2. What is the name of the Tutsi girl Immaculee immediately befriends at the school?

3. How far does Immaculee and her two friends walk with the Interahamwe killers circling them?

4. Who is killed on the first night of "retributions" for the death of the President?

5. What is the name of the pastor's son with whom he argues in the bedroom near the bathroom?

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