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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. How beautiful does Camara think Marie is?
(a) As beautiful as a fairy.
(b) As beautiful as a goddess.
(c) As beautiful as his mother.
(d) As beautiful as his sister.

2. Why do the boys stay in a special hut after their circumcision?
(a) To feel sad together.
(b) To eat together.
(c) To sing together.
(d) To recover as a group.

3. Why does Camara's mother often get up in the middle of the night?
(a) To go to the bathroom.
(b) To eat something.
(c) To talk to Camara.
(d) To see if Camara is in bed alone.

4. How long do Camara and Kouyate stay at Check's bedside before he dies?
(a) Ten days.
(b) A week.
(c) Three days.
(d) Two weeks.

5. Who accompanies Camara to the airport?
(a) Marie.
(b) Mamadou and Marie.
(c) Camara's parents.
(d) Mamadou.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mamadou?

2. What is Camara's mother doing when she is approached about changing her mind about Camara studying abroad?

3. How does Check feel about summer he and Kouyate are having while waiting for teaching jobs?

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

5. What does Camara's mother do when he tells her about his plans to study abroad?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in the special hut where the young men are gathered, after the actual circumcision takes place?

2. What does Camara receive from his parents before he leaves home for Conakry?

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

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. Following their encounter with Konden Diara, the young boys face the real test of circumcision. How does the ceremony in Kouroussa proceed?

6. Describe the character of Mamadou.

7. Describe the character of Marie.

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

9. Camara does not like one of the behaviors his mother exhibits when he gets back home for vacation? Which behavior?

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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