Hotel Rwanda Quiz - Multiple Versions

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- Grades 7–12, Middle School, High School
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- Social Studies, History, History: World
- Topic
- Hotel Rwanda, history quiz
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What's inside this resource
This resource pairs with the Hotel Rwanda movie documenting the Rwandan Genocide.
The first version of the quiz has the questions presented in the order that they appear in the movie, so it can be easily used as a video guide.
There are 4 different versions of the quiz. They all have the same questions; but are mixed up so you can prevent students from copying.
Each quiz has 20 multiple-choice questions. Answer keys are included.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Recall the central characters and events of Hotel Rwanda, from Paul Rusesabagina's bribes and confessions to the family's escape and relocation
Identify the Hutu-Tutsi conflict and the dehumanizing propaganda language used by the killers as depicted in the film
Recognize the film's portrayal of international indifference, including the UN's withdrawal and the cameraman's prediction about Western audiences
Teaching tips
Distribute the four forms in alternating rows — the shuffled numbering and shuffled choices are designed so adjacent students cannot share answers
Give the quiz after the final scene: several items hinge on the ending, including where Paul finds his family hiding and where the family moves after leaving Rwanda
Preview the mature items before choosing a form — every version reproduces Col. Oliver's quoted line containing a censored racial slur and asks about killings depicted in the film
Pair the quiz with historical context on the 1994 genocide, since the items test the film's narrative rather than the underlying history directly
Skills covered
Film comprehension recall — students answer twenty multiple-choice items on the plot, characters, and dialogue of Hotel Rwanda.
Attention to historical detail in media — items cover Hutu Power Radio's role, the killers' 'cockroaches' label for Tutsis, and the UN's departure as shown in the film.
Interpreting quoted dialogue — two items present verbatim lines and ask what the speaker meant, including Col. Oliver's speech about Western abandonment.
Assessment integrity through versioning — teachers deploy four shuffled forms with per-form scoring pages to deter copying.
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Questions teachers ask about this resource
How do the four quiz forms differ from one another?
All four draw on the same pool of twenty questions, but each form shuffles the question order and the answer choices, and each carries its own ID (A through D) with a matching answer section and answer strip, so forms can be mixed within one classroom.
Do the questions stay on the story, or do they range wider?
Mostly plot and character recall — the two rival groups, the hotel names, the pool-water crisis, the ambush, the rooftop confession — plus a few production facts, such as which actor plays the main character, and two items built on verbatim quoted dialogue.
How directly does the quiz engage the film's mature moments?
Very directly. Every form includes Col. Oliver's quoted line containing a censored racial slur, the killers' 'cockroaches' term for Tutsis, and items about killings — a neighbor's murder, bodies on the road, a child-soldier confession. It suits mature classes studying the genocide; preview before use with younger students.
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Rwandan genocide
Hotel Rwanda (film)
World history
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