109 pages 3 hours read

Sandra Uwiringiyimana

How Dare the Sun Rise

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2017

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1. What devastating event in Sandra’s life is portrayed in the opening chapter of How Dare the Sun Rise?

A) A scene from when she was nine years old, in which she is forced to go to bed hungry at a refugee camp in Burundi.

B) A scene from when she was 10 years old, in which she watches certain members of her family being killed off by rebel forces invading their refugee camp in Burundi.

C) A scene from when she was 11 years old, in which she is forced to undergo a female genital mutilation procedure.

D) A scene from when she was 12 years old, in which she is relocated to America and taunted by American classmates in her middle school.

2. Sandra’s father’s family gave a certain number of cows to Sandra’s mother’s family in exchange for her hand in marriage. How many cows were given?

A) 7

B) 9

C) 10

D) 12

3. After his time as a child soldier in the Congolese army, Heritage is irrevocably changed. When he returns to his family, which of the following best describes what he has been indoctrinated to believe?