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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When fighting broke out in Chapter 5, where did Rob arrange for a boat to take them?
2. In Chapter 2, what color was the suitcase and the airline lost that belonged to Clemantine and Claire?
3. What music videos would Clemantine and the other children try to match in Chatper 5?
4. Where did Clemantine buy the clothes she wore to her first day of school in Chapter 4?
5. What grade was Clemantine put into in Chapter 4?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Clemantine not understand the point of the word genocide when she was in the eighth grade?
2. What did Oprah do for Claire and Clemantine when they were on her show?
3. Why did Clemantine have almost no photographs or mementos to remember her life?
4. Where did Clemantine live with her family, and what were their lives like before the genocide?
5. What happened when Claire and Clemantine were sent to their grandmother's farm in Butare?
6. What are two things that Clemantine had in Chapter 2 that were special to her?
7. How did Clemantine's life shrink in Chapter 1?
8. Why did Clemantine find herself alarmed and comforted by Elie Wiesel's book, Night?
9. Why did Claire marry Rob, and did he live up to his promises?
10. Why and how did Clemantine, Claire, Rob, and the others have to flee Kazimia?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Rwanda established a Remembrance Day and a period of mourning for the genocide. How did Clemantine feel about the Remembrance Day? What pain did it cause her? How did it make her want to remember and to forget?
Essay Topic 2
What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?
Essay Topic 3
Clemantine arranged a trip to Europe with her mother. What expectations did Clemantine have for the trip and how it would affect the relationship with her mother? Why did her expectations not become reality?
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