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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. Why do women who want a golden trinket hire a praise-singer to have the trinket made well and on time?
(a) To act as a go-between.
(b) To act as a seller.
(c) To act as a priest.
(d) To act as a friend.

2. What kind of food do the women bring the reapers at noon?
(a) Couscous.
(b) Rice and peas.
(c) Spaghetti.
(d) Rice and beans.

3. What does Camara's grandmother always do as soon as he arrives?
(a) Massage his feet.
(b) Praise him.
(c) Wash him from head to foot.
(d) Wash his head.

4. What is a sayon?
(a) The child born after twins.
(b) The child born before twins.
(c) The last child born.
(d) The first child born.

5. When is the douga sung?
(a) Rarely.
(b) Only when gold work is presented.
(c) When evil spirits need to be set free.
(d) All the time.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the animal encounter in the forge, what does Camara like to yell to his mother?

2. Why does Camara's father send his children to school?

3. Who is always present when Camara's father works with gold?

4. What does Camara's father do as he works with the gold?

5. What does Camara know about the harvest tradition?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you know about Tindican? Where is it located, and how does Camara get there? What is special about the trip?

2. What happens when Camara's friend Kouyate Karmoko says that he's had enough after a particularly cruel beating?

3. When does young Camara find his friends in Tindican, and what do they do?

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

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

6. Describe the behavior of Camara's school teacher in the French school he attended as a child.

7. Describe the initial relationship between Camara and Fanta?

8. How are Camara's father's apprentices treated, and how does Camara feel about this?

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

10. How is the special black snake involved with Camara's father's gold work?

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