TGWSB Page 124 Reading Check

Rob's family in Zaire...

• treated Clemantine terribly.

• were poor.

• were abusive.

• treated Clemantine like family.

Clemantine could not stay in Zaire because...

• Rob left Claire.

• there wasn't enough food.

• Rob's family didn't want them any longer.

• violence had spread to Zaire and it was no longer safe.

The fourth full paragraph on page 89 which begins with, "I now felt I'd made a mistake...", is MOST connected to....

• Innocence

• Hope

• Trust

• Courage

Their terrifying transportation experience takes place on a(n)...

• overcrowded bus

• subway

• Rob's beater car

• boat

The Author's Craft that Clemantine most effectively utilizes on page 93-94 is...

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• verbal irony

• repetition

What is it that Clemantine hates about the word genocide?

• it doesn't capture her experience.

• people think that because they understand the word, they understand her.

• it reminds her of the bad times.

• it perfectly sums up her experience.

Claire's repetition of the word genocide is like Elie Wiesel's repetition of the word never. This is an example of...

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Irony

• Symbolism

On page 96 Clemantine says "I had a few floating fragments of memory, bits of seaweed in a fishtank." This is an example of...

• Simile

• Personification

• Irony

• Metaphor

Intambara means...

• Love

• Hate

• War

• Peace

At the top of page 107 Claire says, "I did not want to be that Rwandan girl." What does she mean?

• She liked Kenilworth now.

• She didn't want to be known only for that.

• It did not help her to establish her own identity.

• It was a terrible movie.