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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 does Camara feel about his mother's behavior each time he comes back home to find she has made improvements?
(a) It troubles him.
(b) It makes him proud.
(c) It annoys him.
(d) It touches him.

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

3. What do the women and the girls do after the procession?
(a) They watch the boys.
(b) They go home.
(c) They cook.
(d) They stay out all night.

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

5. What do Camara and Marie like to do?
(a) Sing.
(b) Dance.
(c) Walk.
(d) Hug.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Camara and his two friends show up after disappearing for awhile?

2. What is hanging from the bombax trees and huts when the sun comes up after the Ceremony of the Lions?

3. Where does Camara pedal to with Marie?

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

5. How long will the boys stay in a special hut after the circumcision?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the director of the Technical College ask Camara before he leaves Conakry upon successfully completing his exams, and what is Camara's reaction?

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

4. What do the guests of the circumcision ceremony do to the teenage boys and how is this manifested to Camara? What is his reaction?

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

6. Describe the character of Mamadou.

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

8. At the end of Camara's third year of school, he takes his proficiency examinations. Describe what happens.

9. What happens when Camara and his father go to talk to Camara's mother again, hoping to convince her to let Camara finish his studies in Paris?

10. How do Camara's parents initially react to his news about going to Paris?

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