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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. How many people lived in Claire's apartment in Chapter 10 after she got all of her family to the U.S.?

2. What did the woman sell who allowed Claire to share her table in the market in Chapter 15?

3. How much did Claire have to give the soldiers who beat her and Rob in Chapter 7 to let them go?

4. In Chapter 15, how old was Mariette?

5. Where did Clemantine's group spend the night after crossing Lake Tanganyika in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What good and bad news did a dean at Yale have for Clemantine in Chapter 12?

2. In Chapter 13, what was Kazimia like when Claire, Clemantine, and Mariette returned there?

3. Why did Clemantine quit taking modeling classes?

4. What did Clemantine think created true survival of the body and soul in Chapter 14?

5. In Chapter 9, who helped Claire, Clemantine, and Mariette when the men walked off to find help?

6. What did Clemantine learn about her acting skills in Chapter 8?

7. How did Clemantine and Claire learn that their parents were alive?

8. What was it like at night in Chapter 13?

9. When did Clemantine start making bracelets and what did she do with them?

10. What happened when Clemantine went to the pharmacy in Chapter 16?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Clemantine made the comment that “war is a thief” (166). Why did Clemantine make the comment that “war is a thief”? What did war steal from Clemantine and from Rwanda?

Essay Topic 2

Claire and Clemantine were reunited with their family on an Oprah show. How long was it before the family was all together in the U.S.? How did the past interfere with their relationships when they reunited?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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