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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. Who brings Camara to the train station before he leaves Kouroussa?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) His sister.
(d) His brother.

2. Who accompanies Camara to the airport?
(a) Mamadou and Marie.
(b) Marie.
(c) Camara's parents.
(d) Mamadou.

3. How long do Camara, Kouyate, and Check sometimes disappear together during holidays?
(a) Several hours.
(b) Entire afternoons.
(c) Entire evenings.
(d) Entire days.

4. When does Camara leave home?
(a) When he's fifteen.
(b) When he's twelve.
(c) When he's sixteen.
(d) When he's fourteen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the women and the girls do after the procession?

2. How do the other boys feel when Camara puts Marie on his bicycle?

3. Why does Camara's mother often get up in the middle of the night?

4. Why does Camara's father give Camara a gift when he leaves home?

5. What is Camara's mother doing when she is approached about changing her mind about Camara studying abroad?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who or what is Konden Diara? What does Camara's father tell him to do?

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

4. What happens in the special hut where the young men are gathered before the actual circumcision takes place?

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

6. What happens in the special hut where the young men are gathered, after the actual circumcision takes place?

7. What happens during the first year Camara is supposed to attend school in Conakry?

8. When Camara returns to Conakry in October, what does he find out about the Technical College, the school he attended the year before?

9. Describe the character of Mamadou.

10. Describe the friendship between Camara and his two friends, Kouyate and Check.

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