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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. After the animal encounter in the forge, what does Camara like to yell to his mother?
(a) "There's a rabbit!"
(b) "There's a mouse!"
(c) "There's a snake!"
(d) "There are snakes!"

2. What fascinating animal does young Camara see in his father's forge?
(a) A bird.
(b) A dog.
(c) A snake.
(d) A rabbit.

3. What is a sayon?
(a) The first child born.
(b) The last child born.
(c) The child born before twins.
(d) The child born after twins.

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

5. What does Camara's grandmother tell him every time she sees him?
(a) That he's too fat.
(b) That he's too skinny.
(c) That he's too unhealthy.
(d) That he's too shy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an example of a preparatory ritual for gold work undertaken by Camara's father?

2. What does Camara's grandmother do with him when she takes him around her village?

3. Why does Camara pull Fanta's hair?

4. What does Camara's mother forbid the men to do to the animal that she has to bring to its feet?

5. What does Camara do when he goes to the rice fields during harvest?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. A few months after all the beatings at school, the director of the French school is forced to resign because of a petition signed by all the parents. What did Camara's father have to do with this?

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

4. Describe the character of Lansana.

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

6. Who is Sidafa, and what do you know about him?

7. Describe the initial relationship between Camara and Fanta?

8. 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?

9. Describe the behavior of Camara's school teacher in the French school he attended as a child.

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

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