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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. When do the reapers return to the village?
(a) In the evening.
(b) The next morning.
(c) In the afternoon.
(d) At night.

2. What does Camara's friend Kouyate look like?
(a) Ugly.
(b) Big and tall.
(c) Small and thin.
(d) Drowsy.

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

4. How does the farmer's life seem to Camara?
(a) Stupid.
(b) Boring.
(c) Picturesque.
(d) Healthy.

5. What does Camara know about the harvest tradition?
(a) He understands where it comes from.
(b) Everything.
(c) He learned much about the tradition.
(d) Not much.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Camara's grandmother always do as soon as he arrives?

2. Who makes fun of Camara because he's feeling awkward around Fanta?

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

4. What color is Camara's school uniform?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Camara's father's apprentices treated, and how does Camara feel about this?

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

3. Describe the initial relationship between Camara and Fanta?

4. One day, Camara finds a little black snake with a strikingly marked body. What is special about this snake?

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

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

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

8. When Camara is a child, what are the sleeping arrangements for his family in Kouroussa?

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

10. When does young Camara find his friends in Tindican, and what do they do?

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