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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. Where did Claire have a godmother who sent her gifts?
(a) Boston.
(b) Montreal.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Denver.

2. How old was Clemantine when she celebrated Christmas in a refugee camp in Burundi with pencils she hid under her tent?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 8.
(d) 9.

3. When fighting broke out in Chapter 5, where did Rob arrange for a boat to take them?
(a) Idiofa.
(b) Baraka.
(c) Demba.
(d) Kazimia.

4. How much did Harpo Studios give Clemantine and Claire for dinner in the Prologue?
(a) $50.
(b) $80.
(c) $150.
(d) $75.

5. In the Prologue, how old was Claudette when Clemantine last saw her?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what color dress was Clemantine given when Rob took her to the home of some friends?

2. When did the movie Hotel Rwanda come out?

3. In the Prologue, what color seats were Oprah and Elie Wiesel sitting on?

4. In Chapter 5, how high did the water get in the boat they fled in?

5. What high school was Clemantine attending in the Prologue?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are two things that Clemantine had in Chapter 2 that were special to her?

2. Why did Clemantine find herself alarmed and comforted by Elie Wiesel's book, Night?

3. What jobs did Claire have when they came to the United States?

4. How did the Belgians racialize Rwanda?

5. What was Claire's life like in Chapter 4?

6. How did Clemantine's life shrink in Chapter 1?

7. What did Oprah do for Claire and Clemantine when they were on her show?

8. Why did Clemantine have almost no photographs or mementos to remember her life?

9. In Chapter 3, where were Clemantine and others taken?

10. In Chapter 3, why was the larva-filled dirt a problem?

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