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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Tutsi were murdered in the genocide?
(a) 250,000
(b) 1,200,000
(c) 1,000,000.
(d) 750,000.

2. To whom does the pastor intend to send the women in his bathroom after the war?
(a) The Twa.
(b) The Hutu.
(c) The Abashi.
(d) The Burundi.

3. Which of the pastor's children do not receive the Tutsi women with sympathy?
(a) Lechim.
(b) Dusenge.
(c) Sembeba.
(d) Shimwe.

4. For how long have the women been in Pastor Murinzi's bathroom when they decide to go to the UN Peacekeeping troops?
(a) Five months.
(b) Nine weeks.
(c) Three months.
(d) Two months.

5. About which of her family members does Immaculee ask Pastor Murinzi at the end of "A Gathering of Orphans"?
(a) Aimable.
(b) Vianney.
(c) Leonard.
(d) Damascene.

6. By whom or what is Immaculee console about the fate of her family, as related in "Forgiving the Living"?
(a) A dream.
(b) A garden full of flowers.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Her Aunt Jeanne.

7. For how long have the women been in the bathroom at the beginning of "The Gift of Tongues"?
(a) Three months.
(b) Seven weeks.
(c) Thirty-eight days.
(d) Four weeks.

8. How many hours journey is it from the RPF camp to Kigali?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

9. What does Immaculee put in her mouth to keep from making a noise in "Keeping the Faith"?
(a) Her hand.
(b) One of the English books.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The French-English dictionary.

10. What is the name of Damascene's Hutu friend with whom he initially stays?
(a) Iata.
(b) Louis.
(c) Kageyo.
(d) Bonn.

11. What does Immaculee's family friend Kayitare bring to the burial of her relatives?
(a) Shovels.
(b) Coffins.
(c) Prayer-shawls.
(d) Rosaries.

12. What is the name of the mixed good and evil Hutu with whom the two male Tutsi survivors in the French field encampment hide during the genocide?
(a) Jean Baptiste.
(b) Jean Paul.
(c) Laurent.
(d) Roman.

13. Which of the following does Immaculee not find in the one large envelope in her room?
(a) Thirty dollars.
(b) Her university progress report.
(c) Her high school diploma.
(d) A letter from her brother Aimable.

14. Which of the Tutsi women is the only one who knows how to speak French when they arrive at the gate of the field encampment?
(a) Immaculee.
(b) Athanasia.
(c) Claire.
(d) Solange.

15. How many more women join the bathroom in "A Gathering of Orphans"?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Protestant pastor who shames the young men who caught Damascene?

2. For what does Immaculee ask God after visiting her home town for the first time since the genocide?

3. What has damaged the face of Florence, the Tutsi refugee Immaculee meets in the French camp?

4. What does the pastor show the Tutsi women to give them a respite from their long confinement in the bathroom?

5. What is the name of the woman who had been hiding Malaba before she arrives at the pastor's house?

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