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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. What does Camara's school teacher do?
(a) He is nice to the students.
(b) He hugs the students.
(c) He beats the students.
(d) He laughs at the students.

2. Who is the praise-singer talking about in chapter 2?
(a) About people Camara likes.
(b) About people Camara has sometimes heard about.
(c) About people Camara has never heard about.
(d) About people Camara has heard all about.

3. Who do the children occasionally complain to when being taken advantage of?
(a) To their parents.
(b) To their brothers.
(c) To the director.
(d) To their friends.

4. What do the reapers do while they work?
(a) They talk.
(b) They sing.
(c) They complain.
(d) They eat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Camara feel self-conscious in his school clothes while in Tindican?

2. Why is the snake which Camara finds special?

3. What does Camara believe about his mother?

4. How does Camara feel the night after he hears the story about the special snake?

5. What do many people think of country folk?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the reapers do while they work on the fields, and how is their relationship?

2. Describe the initial relationship between Camara and Fanta?

3. While he was growing up, what were the rules during meals in Camara's parents' household?

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

5. Describe the character of Camara's father.

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

7. What does Camara's grandmother's hut look like?

8. What does the second half of the reapers' days look like?

9. What do you know about Tindican? Where is it located, and how does Camara get there? What is special about the trip?

10. Describe the douga. What is its association to Camara's father's gold work?

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