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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the douga reserved for?
(a) For healthy men.
(b) For celebrated men.
(c) For powerful men.
(d) For happy men.

2. Where do the people of Camara's village occasionally find gold?
(a) In the clay.
(b) In the forest.
(c) In the sand.
(d) In the mud.

3. What is the job Camara's father practices?
(a) Blacksmith.
(b) Electrician.
(c) Mechanic.
(d) Baker.

4. What does Camara's father do when he hears the douga?
(a) He does more gold work.
(b) He sings.
(c) He laughs.
(d) He dances.

5. What does the woman do when the trinket is presented to her?
(a) She trembles.
(b) She sits down.
(c) She laughs.
(d) She sighs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who makes arrangements for the trinket?

2. Why does Camara's father tell this story to his son?

3. Why does Camara's father always do the gold work himself?

4. Why does Camara assume that his father underwent the rituals of preparing to work with gold before he even stepped foot in the shop the morning of the woman's arrival with gold?

5. What does Camara's father do as he works with the gold?

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