Hotel Rwanda

What is the author's purpose for including this off-screen line? Hint: off-screen lines are only heard...the actor is not seen.

• They want to show how imminent the threat around Paul is

• They are showing just how sneaky Paul is being with his phone call to Tillens.

• They are portraying the soldiers as calm and businesslike.

• They want to steer attention away from Paul’s phone conversation.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

How does Paul’s response to Tillens, “you saved our lives” add to the development of the scene?

• It shows that Paul is naive in thinking they will live

• It leads the audience into believing that the refugees have been saved.

• It shows that Paul and the guests could live if outside forces stepped in to help them.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why does Paul instruct the refugees to tell the people they are calling that “if they let go of that hand...you will die?"

• He is attempting to get the Hutu soldiers to feel sorry for the people who are trapped inside the hotel.

• He believes that those outside the country must be shocked into rescuing them.

• He wants the refugees to prolong the phone calls for as long as they can.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of these inferences is best supported by the text?

Answer choices for the above question

• The western countries would like to see the Hutu militants succeed.

• Paul is willing to turn over guests who will not pay their bills to the Hutu soldiers.

• Paul took in displaced Rwandans after Europeans fled the ongoing violence.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is most closely a central idea of the excerpt?

• Western nations are ignoring the situation in Rwanda because there is no political gain.

• Tillens is not concerned with the safety of Paul and the others inside the hotel.

• This type of instability and brutal violence is commonplace in Rwanda.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which definition best describes the word "refugee?"

• A person fleeing a country to escape danger

• Official record book

• Very intense

• interference in another's affairs (business)

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which definition best describes the word "intervention?"

• Official record book

• Very intense

• Interference into another’s affairs

• A person fleeing a country to escape danger

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which definition best describes the term "profound?"

• Official record book

• Very intense

• a person fleeing a country to escape danger

• interference in another's affairs (business)

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4