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

2. Where do the people of Camara's village occasionally find gold?
(a) In the clay.
(b) In the mud.
(c) In the sand.
(d) In the forest.

3. Which animals are abundant in the river when the water rises?
(a) Hippopotamuses.
(b) Crocodiles.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Sharks.

4. What does Camara's grandmother tell him every time she sees him?
(a) That he's too skinny.
(b) That he's too fat.
(c) That he's too shy.
(d) That he's too unhealthy.

5. The students' parents have been unaware of the atmosphere surrounding Camara's school. What type of atmosphere has it been?
(a) Brutal.
(b) Comfortable.
(c) Happy.
(d) Friendly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the farmer's life seem to Camara?

2. What does Camara do when he goes to the rice fields during harvest?

3. What does young Camara do in his father's forge?

4. Camara tells who about what has been happening at school?

5. What does Camara's grandmother do with him when she takes him around her village?

Short Essay Questions

1. One day, a woman comes to Camara's father's shop with gold. She wants the gold made into a trinket. What is special about having a trinket made?

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

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

4. Camara Laye's earliest memories revolve around his father's forge. What is the forge? What happens there? What does Camara do there?

5. Describe the character of Lansana.

6. Camara remembers seeing a snake for the first time and being fascinated with its glittering eyes. What does he do to the snake, and what happens next?

7. What is Camara thinking while he is in the rice fields with all the reapers?

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

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

10. What do the reapers do while they work on the fields, and how is their relationship?

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