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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what youth movement does Immaculee learn while at the University?
(a) Hutunanta.
(b) Interahamwe.
(c) Tutsihawte.
(d) Gishwati.

2. What prevents the killers from finding the bathroom on their second search?
(a) The wardrobe.
(b) A hailstorm.
(c) A tapestry.
(d) Pastor Murinzi.

3. With whom is Immaculee's companion on the trip home good friends?
(a) Augustine.
(b) Damascene.
(c) Vianney.
(d) Aimable.

4. To which ethnic group is Immaculee assigned during her first experience of ethnic segregation?
(a) Hutu.
(b) Tutsi.
(c) Rwanda.
(d) Twa.

5. Which Psalm does Immaculee read immediately after Sony is turned away from the Pastor's house?
(a) 151.
(b) 131.
(c) 67.
(d) 91.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Immaculee's father holding in his hand as he addresses the crowd gathered outside of their home?

2. Beyond being well-mannered and virtuous, what do Immaculee's parents expect of her?

3. Which tribe is given the most opportunity to succeed in the school system?

4. Roughly how long do the women in the bathroom go between stretching themselves?

5. Which member of her family does Immaculee pull aside to question privately?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Immaculee spend most of her time in the bathroom?

2. What characterizes the women's stay in the bathroom, as related in "Confronting My Anger"?

3. What struggle does Immaculee encounter when the pastor tells her that Augustine and Vianney could not stay at his house?

4. How does the Hutu government initially justify the killing of Tutsi people?

5. Why is Immaculee's father arrested and how is he treated?

6. What realization does Immaculee have which finally enables her to forgive the killers?

7. What exchange do Leonard and Immaculee make, and why is it significant?

8. Under what condition does Immaculee's father allow her to date John, and why?

9. What sort of content on the radio does Immaculee hear daily while she is at the University in Butare?

10. What is the only promising news that Immaculee and her family hear during the first days of the genocide?

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