Murder in Rwanda

1. What’s first? Number the sentences 1-6.

a. Her brother, Damascene, arrives at the house.

b. Murinzi invites the women into the bedroom to watch a video.

c. Immaculée’s father sends her and her brother to Murinzi’s house.

d. The women go into a small bathroom to hide.
e. The women run to the tents of some French soldiers.
f. Two more women enter the bathroom.

2. Put the underlined letters in the right place to make a word.

a. The Hutus rnedub _________________ Immaculée’s house.
b. Vianney walked into the esnadksr _________________ of the night.
c. Murinzi packed the women hgtylit _________________ into the bathroom.
d. They hid the bathroom door with a aorducbp _________________.
e. The Hutus liadef _________________ to find the bathroom door.
3. Answer the questions in your own words.
a. Who were the members of Immaculée’s family? What happened to them in
the end?
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b. Who was Simeon Murinzi, and why did he agree to help Immaculée?
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c. How did Murinzi hide the bathroom door? Whose idea was it?
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d. What did the international soldiers do when the killings first started? What
changed in the end? (p.31)
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e. How did Murinzi and the men of his family hide the women after they left the
bathroom?
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f. When did the genocide start? How many Tutsis were killed in the genocide?
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