109 pages • 3 hours read
How Dare the Sun Rise
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Chapters 1-4
Reading Check
1. What organization operates the camp in Burundi where Sandra and her family take refuge?
2. Sandra notices that the attackers of the camp are speaking what two languages?
3. What is the name of the mountain range in South Kivu where Sandra was born?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. In Chapter 2, Sandra describes her mother’s experience of marriage and rearing children. How does Sandra’s mother’s experience of marriage/children demonstrate how women are devalued in Banyamulenge culture?
2. When Sandra is in kindergarten, her father tells her that, one day, he thinks she could be president of Congo. How does this comment show that Prudence (Sandra’s father) is different from other fathers in their tribe?
Paired Resource
“The Small Tutsi Community at the Heart of Conflict in DRC’s Eastern Highlands”
- This video by AFP News Agency from 2020 describes how different ethnicities in the highlands of eastern DRC have been locked in violent conflict with one another. There are victims from all factions, including many Banyamulenge.
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