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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. With what weapon in hand does Immaculee's father charge at the Interahamwe alone?
(a) A large stick.
(b) A spear.
(c) A machete.
(d) A rock.

2. How many vehicles does Immaculee's family own?
(a) Three.
(b) Zero.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

3. What is the name of the high school dropout whom Immaculee spots in the murderous crowd outside the Pastor's house?
(a) Athanasius.
(b) Damascus.
(c) Kananga.
(d) Philop.

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

5. At what age does Immaculee graduate from her mother's schoolhouse?
(a) Ten.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Eight.
(d) Eleven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What plan does Immaculee's friend devise to avoid torture and rape by the Hutu?

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

3. What loud noise does Immaculee hear all night, ending in the snarling of dogs while hiding in the bathroom?

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

5. What does Immaculee hold in her hand while passing the mob?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the six women manage to fit into the tiny bathroom?

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

3. Against what does Immaculee recount arguing in "Struggling to Forgive"?

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

5. How does Immaculee, while traveling to a wedding with Damascene, pass by the Interahamwe roadblock?

6. What is Augustine's relationship to Immaculee's family?

7. How does Leonard react to finding 2,000 refugees from the slaughter of the Interahamwe outside his home?

8. Immaculee's Catholic faith is mentioned early and often in Left to Tell; how is she raised to perceive her faith?

9. What sort of greetings do Immaculee and Augustine receive when they arrive at Pastor Murinzi's?

10. What does Immaculee's father do to ensure she receives a high school education, and why is it significant?

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