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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 love to do in the evenings while in Tindican?
(a) He loves to sit with the whole family and yell at everyone.
(b) He loves to sing with the whole family.
(c) He loves to sit with the whole family and study everyone.
(d) He loves to sit outside.

2. What does Camara's grandmother do with him when she takes him around her village?
(a) She makes him sing.
(b) She shows him off.
(c) She makes him talk to everybody.
(d) She holds him the whole time.

3. Who embraces Camara when he arrives in Tindican?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His friend.
(d) His mother.

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

5. What does Camara think about country people?
(a) That they are stupid.
(b) That they are inconsiderate.
(c) That they are undignified and considerate.
(d) That they are dignified and considerate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the snake which Camara finds special?

2. Why do parents send their children to Camara's father?

3. Why are there always many apprentices staying at Camara's father's forge?

4. What does Camara's grandmother's hut look like?

5. When is the douga sung?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Camara's school clothes when he is a child. How does Camara feel about these clothes while in Tindican?

2. While he was growing up, what were the rules during meals in Camara's parents' household?

3. How did Camara's father know about this specific task of gold work, and how did he prepare himself to execute the work?

4. Describe the initial relationship between Camara and Fanta?

5. Where are Camara's parents' huts located, and what are the consequences of living in that location?

6. When Camara arrives in Tindican as a child, how does his grandmother react?

7. According to Camara, what do many people think about country people, and what is Camara's opinion about them?

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

9. What happens in Tindican during the rice season in December?

10. Describe the douga. What is its association to Camara's father's gold work?

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