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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At least how much weight has Immaculee lost by the beginning of "The Gift of Tongues"?
(a) 40 lbs.
(b) 50 lbs.
(c) 35 lbs.
(d) 20 lbs.

2. What does the captain of the French troops offer to Immaculee shortly after discovering she can speak French fluently?
(a) To march on Kigali with all the Tutsi.
(b) To aid the RPF in overthrowing the government.
(c) To search for every Tutsi in the region.
(d) To kill any Hutu she wants dead.

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

4. What are the first three words Immaculee says to Felicien?
(a) "I hate you."
(b) "I forgive you."
(c) "I am sorry."
(d) "Do not fear."

5. What is the name of the housekeeper who gives Immaculee a detailed description of the death of her brother Damascene?
(a) Karubu.
(b) Traore.
(c) Kigana.
(d) Sanha.

6. What Rwandan saves Immaculee and her friends at the roadblock?
(a) Jean Paul.
(b) Bazil.
(c) The major.
(d) Aloise.

7. What does Pierre give to Immaculee just before the refugees leave the French camp?
(a) A picture of the two of them.
(b) His address in France.
(c) A book.
(d) Pen and paper for her memoir.

8. At what time do the French soldiers tell Pastor Murinzi to bring the Tutsi women to them?
(a) 2-3 am.
(b) 10-11 pm.
(c) 8-9 am.
(d) 4-6 am.

9. While in Kigali, where does Immaculee go to pray and meditate?
(a) A chapel in the UN building.
(b) A Jesuit center.
(c) A Baptist church.
(d) The rooftop of Sarah's house.

10. Which foreign troops are the first to arrive in Rwanda?
(a) German.
(b) American.
(c) English.
(d) French.

11. What does the pastor show the Tutsi women to give them a respite from their long confinement in the bathroom?
(a) A movie.
(b) A news report of the Peacekeepers.
(c) A stockpile of food and medicine.
(d) Pictures of the Peacekeepers arriving in Kibuye.

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

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

14. What is the name of Aloise's husband?
(a) Agandu.
(b) Martin.
(c) Fari.
(d) Steve.

15. How many "cockroaches" does Immaculee hear one man boasting of having killed after the women are spotted in the pastor's house?
(a) 299.
(b) 175.
(c) 250.
(d) 399.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what do Sarah and Immaculee travel to Mataba with Colonel Gueye?

2. Which two of the refugees does Immaculee bring with her to find the RPF soldiers after being deposited by the French truck?

3. How many more women join the bathroom in "A Gathering of Orphans"?

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

5. Where does Immaculee volunteer in Kigali while she is working there at the UN?

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