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• UNAMIR


  Unites Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda
• Rwanda languages 


  English, French, and Kinyarwanda
• Who said “One death is a tragedy; a million is a statistic“

  -Joseph Stalin
• Who said “All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing”

  -Edmund Burke
• Who was Joseph Stalin? 


  The leader of the Communist Party in Russia. His order executed millions upon millions of his fellow Russians.
• Active voice 


  The subject acts on its respective verb.

  Ex. The cashier counted the money.
• Passive voice 


  The subject is receiving the verb’s action.

  Ex. The money was counted by the cashier.
• Underline

  • An epic/long poem
  • A book title
  • A movie title
  • A TV show
  • A newspaper
  • A magazine
• Quotation marks

  • A short poem
  • A chapter
  • A short story
  • An episode
  • An article A song title
• What UNESCO award did Eric Walter’s win? 


  International award for Literature in Service of Tolerance
• The novel Shattered was published in…

  2006
• What is the capital of Rwanda?

  Kigali
• What does Berta call Ian?

  Eon
• What are the two things that fuel the trip to the streets?

  Mental illness and substance abuse
• What often happens to the homeless people in Rwanda?

  They get gunned down and killed by the police and army
• Who is Lester B. Pearson?

  He was given the Nobel peace prize in 1956 because of his role in the conception and creation of the United Nations peacekeeping force
• Why do UN peacekeepers wear blue helmets?

  They wear blue helmets to help to be seen. They don’t want to be mistaken as a combatant.
• What are the two costs of having UN peacekeepers?

  • The peacekeeping missions are paid for by the countries that supply the soldiers
  • The amount of death, over 1800
• What does Ian hide up a sleeve?

  A 20 inch metal bar he found in his garage
• How does Jack know heaven exists?


  Jack knows that Heaven exists because he’s seen hell. He experienced moments when breathing burned and it was so cold his blood almost froze.
• Why were the rivers in Rwanda blocked?

  They were blocked by bloated bodies that were dumped in the river. There were so many that when they moved one another took its place.
• What is a genocide?

  The intentional killing of civilians commonly targeting those of a specific ethnic, religious, or racial group.
• What do people who end up on the street need to overcome their mental health issues?

  They need other people and resources surrounding them (overall support)
• Who was Jacob?

  He was a Tutsi boy that was forced out of his room in the middle of the night to watch his family be beat by Hutus and his arm be cut off with a machete. He is a survivor of the Rwandan genocide.
• Why does Jacques blame the United Nations for the genocide in Rwanda?

  He blames the UN for the genocide because they sent them in without the resources they needed to succeed. They didn’t have enough people, weapons, or equipment. The underlying cause is the UN‘s racism towards the Rwandan people.
• How many days would 9/11 have to happen for it to amount the death that occurred in Rwanda?

  9/11 would have to happen for 265 days straight for it to amount to the 800,000 killed in Rwanda
• Who are the disappeared?

  They were people sleeping at night, in their beds, but gone in the morning. Victims of the death squads.