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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Camara do when he sits at the bonfire on the night of the ritual?
2. Why does Camara's mother often get up in the middle of the night?
3. What does Camara's mother do when he tells her about his plans to study abroad?
4. What does Camara's mother do right before he leaves home?
5. What has happened to Camara's school when he returns to it?
Short Essay Questions
1. Camara does not like one of the behaviors his mother exhibits when he gets back home for vacation? Which behavior?
2. What happens in the special hut where the young men are gathered before the actual circumcision takes place?
3. What do the guests of the circumcision ceremony do to the teenage boys and how is this manifested to Camara? What is his reaction?
4. Describe the character of Camara's mother.
5. How do Camara's parents initially react to his news about going to Paris?
6. How has Camara's hut in Kouroussa changed when he comes home for vacation?
7. When Camara returns to Conakry in October, what does he find out about the Technical College, the school he attended the year before?
8. When Camara is a teenager, he must prepare for his culture's important rite of passage: circumcision. How and when does his ritual begin? How does Camara feel about it?
9. What happens on the way to and at the train station before fifteen year old Camara sets off to Conakry?
10. What does Camara receive from his parents before he leaves home for Conakry?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
"The Dark Child" is an autobiographical novel. How do you know this? Prove that the book is this kind of genre with supporting evidence gathered from the novel. What is the author's writing style? How does he relate the stories and the characters to himself? Give examples.
Essay Topic 2
In chapter 3 Camara's school clothes are a theme worth discussing. Why? How do they look? Why does this cause friction for Camara. Why is this difference with his friends so important for the plot? Are these clothes an issue in Kouroussa? Why? Why not? Explore this theme with supporting evidence provided in this chapter.
Essay Topic 3
One day Camara finds a little black snake with a strikingly marked body. This snake is special and plays an important role in the first chapters of "The Dark Child." What is the role of this snake in the family? How did he become important? What does his presence mean to the different main characters? Relate this snake's significance to the community, to Camara, to his mother, and to his father? How does the snake add to Camara's father's influence and status in the community? How is the snake involved in the work environment of Camara's father? Support your answers with examples from the book.
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