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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One day, some men come and ask Camara's mother to get a certain animal back on its feet. What kind of animal?
(a) A horse.
(b) A sheep.
(c) A cow.
(d) A pig.

2. Who prepares the food in Camara's house?
(a) Camara's mother.
(b) Camara's brother.
(c) Camara's father.
(d) One of the apprentices.

3. What does Camara love to do in the evenings while in Tindican?
(a) He loves to sit with the whole family and yell at everyone.
(b) He loves to sing with the whole family.
(c) He loves to sit with the whole family and study everyone.
(d) He loves to sit outside.

4. What is the second school Camara attends?
(a) The French School.
(b) The English school.
(c) The African school.
(d) The Koran school.

5. What is the name of Kouyate's sister?
(a) Miryam.
(b) Mariama.
(c) Maria.
(d) Madonna.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Camara share his bed with?

2. What does legend say about twin brothers?

3. What is a sayon?

4. Where does Camara wish he could be the night after he hears the story about the special snake?

5. What kind of a man is Lansana?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where are Camara's parents' huts located, and what are the consequences of living in that location?

2. One day, a woman comes to Camara's father's shop with gold. She wants the gold made into a trinket. What is special about having a trinket made?

3. How did Camara's father know about this specific task of gold work, and how did he prepare himself to execute the work?

4. What is Camara thinking while he is in the rice fields with all the reapers?

5. How is the special black snake involved with Camara's father's gold work?

6. Camara's mother has special powers. How is that manifested in chapter 5? What is her association to a horse?

7. How do Camara's mother's special powers manifest themselves as physical protection?

8. According to Camara, what do many people think about country people, and what is Camara's opinion about them?

9. Why does Camara's father tell Camara the story about the special snake? What else does he suggest to Camara about the snake?

10. Describe Camara's school clothes when he is a child. How does Camara feel about these clothes while in Tindican?

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