Left to tell part 2 (5/2025)

Approximately how large is the bathroom in which Immaculee and the other Tutsi women hide?

3x4 feet

What is placed in front of the door to the bathroom before the killers make their second search of the home?

A wardrobe

How does Immaculee spend most of her time in the bathroom?

Praying the rosary and meditating on Bible verses.

From what book of the Bible are the two passages Immaculee contemplates on?

Mark 11:23-24

What is the name of the pastor's son with whom he argues in the bedroom near the bathroom?

Sembeba

Which of the ladies in the bathroom does not cry when Pastor Murinzi tells them how the Tutsi people have been slaughtered even inside churches?

Immaculee doesn't cry because she's angry

What news station gives the report heard by the women in the bathroom that the RPF had made its way to the capital of Kigali?

BBC

For roughly how many hours does Immaculee pray rosaries while the killers search the house a second time?

12-13 hours

What prevents the killers from finding the bathroom on their second search?

wardrobe

What does the negative voice in Immaculee's head tell her she is acting like whenever she prays to God?

a liar

After Immaculee hears the voice of God, how does she perceive the killers?

The killers were like children who didn't understand how badly they were hurting themselves.

What does Immaculee recount arguing against in "Struggling to Forgive"?

Immaculee recounts arguing against a voice which constantly told her to give up, to not call on God, and to give up her desire to live and to love the killers.

What realization does Immaculee have which finally enables her to forgive the killers?

Immaculee finally realizes that God sees all men as His children, even the killers, who are like bad children not properly raised, who need chastisement but also forgiveness.

Where in the bathroom does Immaculee privately retreat?

A small corner of her heart

Which Psalm does Immaculee read immediately after Sony is turned away from the Pastor's house?

Psalm 91

What does Pastor Murinzi accuse Immaculee's father and priest, Father Clement, in "No Friends to Turn To"?

stockpiling weapons and planning a revolution with the RPF against the Hutu government.

What is the message Immaculee receives from Psalm 91 when she first receives the Bible?

The message Immaculee receives from Psalm 91 when she first receives the Bible is that for those who believe in God, even if everything around them is physically destroyed, they shall not be touched by evil.

To whom does the pastor intend to send the women in his bathroom after the war?

The Abashi Tribesmen; it was like being sent to live with the Bogeyman

How many hours a day does Immaculee meditate, as stated in "A Gathering of Orphans"?

15-20

How many more women join the bathroom in "A Gathering of Orphans"?

2

For what does the pastor ask the women to pray with him and why?

The pastor asks the women to pray that the Hutu government would win the war completely and believe its genocide complete so that he could safely smuggle the women out of his house and out of the country

For how long have the women been in the bathroom at the beginning of "The Gift of Tongues"?

7 weeks

At least how much weight has Immaculee lost by the beginning of "The Gift of Tongues"?

40 lbs

What language are most of the Rwandans taught in high-school as a second language?

French

Who in Rwanda demands English-speaking UN Peacekeepers?

RPF

What is the first sentence that Immaculee learns to say in English?

"I am Immaculee"

Whom does Immaculee see for the first time since before the genocide, as related near the end of "The Gift of Tongues"?

Her boyfriend John

Why does Immaculee attempt to teach herself English while hiding in the bathroom?

So that she could communicate with RPF soldiers who would rescue them and that she would be able to work at the UN.

Why does Immaculee say that John squandered the opportunity for love between them?

His treatment of her was based largely off physical appearance and as a possession, rather than an equal partner in a relationship of love.

Which of the pastor's relatives does Immaculee hear speaking about murders of Tutsi outside the bathroom window at the beginning of "Unlikely Saviors"?

Sembeba

Which foreign troops are the first to arrive in Rwanda?

French

For how long have the women been in Pastor Murinzi's bathroom when they decide to go to the UN Peacekeeping troops?

3 months

What does the pastor show the Tutsi women to give them a respite from their long confinement in the bathroom

A movie with the sound off

Who spots the Tutsi women hidden by Pastor Murinzi during their respite from the bathroom?

One of the pastor's houseboys

Why do the Hutu think that the French coming to Rwanda would be a boon to their genocidal efforts?

the French had previously done much to help the Hutu government, including providing weapons and training for their soldiers.

How many "cockroaches" does Immaculee hear one man boasting of having killed after the women are spotted in the pastor's house?

399

What does Immaculee put in her mouth to keep from making a noise in "Keeping the Faith"?

Her Bible

What does Immaculee see on the door of the bathroom after having her vision of Christ?

A cross of brilliant white light

At what time do the French soldiers tell Pastor Murinzi to bring the Tutsi women to them?

Between 2-3 AM

How do the children of the pastor react to learning of the women who had been hiding in the pastor's bathroom?

The Pastor's children--with the exception of Sembeba--react with mixed shock and compassion when they learn that the pastor has hidden them in his bathroom for three months without any of them knowing; one of them even gives Immaculee a towel and one of her own pullovers.