In Hiding
After the Genocide
Returning Home
Other Characters
Vocab/Literature
100
What did Immaculee teach herself while in hiding?
English
100
What country is in charge of the safety camps that Immaculee goes to?
France
100
How does Immaculee travel back to her home the first time?
With Sarah in a helicopter
100
Old roommate who invites Immaculee to live with her; Augustine's sister
Sarah
100
Define "theme" in literature
topic or main idea of a writing
200
What activity did the pastor offer the women so they could spend some time outside the bathroom?
Watch a silent movie
200
What does Immaculee do at the camp?
She checks people in - records names, stories, etc.
200
What makes Immaculee faint?
Seeing Damascene's remains
200
Brother who meets Immaculee again about 1 year after the genocide.
Aimable
200
Define "message" in literature
What the author believes/says about a theme
300
Who is suspicious that the pastor is hiding Tutsis?
A servant
300
What does the RPF leader, Major Ntwali, say about Hutus?
The killers must be killed.
300
Why does Immaculee go back home for a second trip?
To visit a man in prison
300
Man at the UN who offers Immaculee a job
Pierre
300
How many chapters are there in this book? Explain your answer.
24 + epilogue and preface
400
Who does Immaculee write a letter to while in the bathroom?
Her imaginary rescuer
400
What does Immaculee find while looking through houses in Kigali? She later decides not to keep them.
Earrings
400
Immaculee and Sarah stay with the soldiers; what do the soldiers do that cheers up Immaculee?
They are singing and dancing.
400
Immaculee's husband
Bryan
400
Define "optimism"
positive attitude, looking forward to the future
500
What does the pastor tell his children when he finally shows them that he has been hiding Tutsis?
You have a responsibility to help others - someday you will need help.
500
Name three things Immaculee finds when she returns to her dorm room.
Pictures, money, diploma, letters
500
Where does Immaculee bury Damascene and her mother?
In one of the rooms in the ruined house.
500
The man Immaculee forgives at the prison
Felicien
500
What are two things that are wrong with this quote use? Immaculee tries to pray for the killers, but she "believed in my heart that they deserved to die." (pg. 92)
change my to [she] pd after the citation no pg. needed in citation, just the #