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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is always present when Camara's father works with gold?
(a) The black snake.
(b) Camara's mother.
(c) A black cat.
(d) A new snake.

2. Where does Camara wish he could be the night after he hears the story about the special snake?
(a) His uncle's hut.
(b) His father's hut.
(c) His own hut.
(d) His mother's hut.

3. Who cuts the first swath of rice from the field on the day of the harvest?
(a) The eldest son of each family.
(b) The mother of each family.
(c) The praise-singer.
(d) The head of each family.

4. Why does Camara feel self-conscious in his school clothes while in Tindican?
(a) Because they look similar to the other boys' clothes.
(b) Because they are expensive.
(c) Because they are uncomfortable.
(d) Because they look different from the other boys' clothes.

5. What does young Camara offer to the animal he sees in his father's forge?
(a) A reed.
(b) Cheese.
(c) A mouse.
(d) Bread.

6. What is the name of one particular apprentice Camara remembers?
(a) Sidafa.
(b) Sidame.
(c) Sidmund.
(d) Saddam.

7. Who do the older children take their frustration out on?
(a) The younger children.
(b) Their parents.
(c) Their friends.
(d) The teacher.

8. Why is the snake which Camara finds special?
(a) Because it is the guiding spirit of the house.
(b) Because it is the guiding spirit of his mother.
(c) Because it is the guiding spirit of his uncle.
(d) Because it is the guiding spirit of his father.

9. What do the reapers use to do their work?
(a) Spirits.
(b) Knives.
(c) Axes.
(d) Sickles.

10. Who embraces Camara when he arrives in Tindican?
(a) His mother.
(b) His friend.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His grandmother.

11. Some of Camara's brothers and sisters don't fit in his mother's hut. Where do they sleep?
(a) In their father's hut.
(b) In their uncle's hut.
(c) In their father's mother's hut.
(d) In their mother's mother's hut.

12. What did Camara and his apprentice friend talk about?
(a) About food.
(b) About their friends.
(c) About the weather.
(d) About their days.

13. 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?
(a) Because his father already dreamt about this specific task.
(b) Because his father has done this specific task before.
(c) Because his father already read about this specific task.
(d) Because his father already heard about this specific task.

14. What does Camara's father do as he works with the gold?
(a) He breathes unknown cantations.
(b) He talks to his son.
(c) He sings a song.
(d) He is very quiet.

15. Where are Camara's parents' huts located?
(a) Close to a river.
(b) Close to a farm.
(c) Close to a railroad.
(d) Close to a busy road.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does young Camara enjoy doing from the corner of the workshop?

2. What does Camara know about the harvest tradition?

3. After the animal encounter in the forge, what does Camara like to yell to his mother?

4. When is the douga sung?

5. What fascinating animal does young Camara see in his father's forge?

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