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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 notice each time he returns home for vacation?
(a) That his mother has made improvements to her hut.
(b) That his mother is more sad.
(c) That his mother has made improvements to his hut.
(d) That his mother is happier.

2. What kind of look is Camara's hut acquiring over time?
(a) An American look.
(b) An Asian look.
(c) A European look.
(d) An African look.

3. When do the young boys face the real test of circumcision?
(a) In their second to last year of school.
(b) When they enter high school.
(c) In their final year of school.
(d) When they finish school.

4. How does Camara feel about Konden Diara?
(a) Comfortable.
(b) Strong.
(c) Afraid.
(d) Happy.

5. When does the tom-tom begin to beat for the rite of passage?
(a) As soon as everybody is awake.
(b) At noon.
(c) As soon as the sun rises.
(d) As soon as the sun sets.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Camara's father react when he tells him about his plans to study abroad?

2. Why does Camara's mother find it difficult to understand why he wants more schooling?

3. What do the women and the girls do after the procession?

4. What does Camara do when he sits at the bonfire on the night of the ritual?

5. What do Camara and Marie like to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens towards the middle of the night when the initial procession around town finishes?

2. How do the boys spend the rest of the night of their rite of passage after the roaring ceases, and how does it end?

3. What happens during the first year Camara is supposed to attend school in Conakry?

4. When Camara returns to Conakry in October, what does he find out about the Technical College, the school he attended the year before?

5. Describe the character of Camara's mother.

6. What happens at the airport and on the plane to France?

7. How has Camara's hut in Kouroussa changed when he comes home for vacation?

8. Describe the character of Marie.

9. Who or what is Konden Diara? What does Camara's father tell him to do?

10. What happens on the way to and at the train station before fifteen year old Camara sets off to Conakry?

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