Hotel Rwanda Movie Questions Deriana Mitchell
Hotel Rwanda Movie Questions 1. What city is the movie taking place in?
The city the movie takes place is in Kigali (which is a city in Rwanda) 2. What country supplied the Hutus with machetes and how much did they cost?
The country that supplied the Hutus with machetes was China and each one cost 10 cents. 3. Describe the guests at Paul’s hotel.
The guests a Paul’s hotel were rich people from other countries. 4. What does Paul tell his wife when she asks why the soldiers would have arrested
Victor (their neighbor)?
Paul tells his wife someone who didn’t like him must denounced him as a rebel spy when she asks why the soldiers would have arrested Victor, their neighbor. 5. What does the Rwandan journalist tell Jack (the American reporter) is the difference between the Hutus and the Tutsis?
The Rwandan journalist tells Jack (the American reporter) the difference between
Hutus and Tutsis is that the Belgian colonist created the division between them. The
Tutus were taller and more elegant then the Hutus. The Belgians close the ones with thinner noses and lighter skin and used them to run the country. When the Belgians left the country, they left the power to the Hutus and they revenged from the Tutus for the years of repression. 6. What was the Hutu signal to start killing Tutsis?
The Hutu signal to start killing Tutus was “Cut the tall trees”. 7. What excuse does Paul give the solider as to why he cannot leave his family?
Why do think this is?
The excuse Paul gives the soldier as why he cannot leave his family is that he wasn’t safe because they could have Tutsi spies everywhere. He said this because he knew that his wife was Tutsi and if the soldiers found out they would kill her and their children. 8. What does Col. Oliver mean when he tells Paul, “we are here as peacekeepers, not peacemakers.” Col. Oliver means that they wouldn't finish the genocide, they were trying to keep peace but they couldn’t stop the
The city the movie takes place is in Kigali (which is a city in Rwanda) 2. What country supplied the Hutus with machetes and how much did they cost?
The country that supplied the Hutus with machetes was China and each one cost 10 cents. 3. Describe the guests at Paul’s hotel.
The guests a Paul’s hotel were rich people from other countries. 4. What does Paul tell his wife when she asks why the soldiers would have arrested
Victor (their neighbor)?
Paul tells his wife someone who didn’t like him must denounced him as a rebel spy when she asks why the soldiers would have arrested Victor, their neighbor. 5. What does the Rwandan journalist tell Jack (the American reporter) is the difference between the Hutus and the Tutsis?
The Rwandan journalist tells Jack (the American reporter) the difference between
Hutus and Tutsis is that the Belgian colonist created the division between them. The
Tutus were taller and more elegant then the Hutus. The Belgians close the ones with thinner noses and lighter skin and used them to run the country. When the Belgians left the country, they left the power to the Hutus and they revenged from the Tutus for the years of repression. 6. What was the Hutu signal to start killing Tutsis?
The Hutu signal to start killing Tutus was “Cut the tall trees”. 7. What excuse does Paul give the solider as to why he cannot leave his family?
Why do think this is?
The excuse Paul gives the soldier as why he cannot leave his family is that he wasn’t safe because they could have Tutsi spies everywhere. He said this because he knew that his wife was Tutsi and if the soldiers found out they would kill her and their children. 8. What does Col. Oliver mean when he tells Paul, “we are here as peacekeepers, not peacemakers.” Col. Oliver means that they wouldn't finish the genocide, they were trying to keep peace but they couldn’t stop the