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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. How does Camara's father react when he tells him about his plans to study abroad?
2. Why does Camara's mother often get up in the middle of the night?
3. What does Camara find on the honor roll at his school every term?
4. What makes Camara feel very smart and helpful?
5. The boys receive a handkerchief made of what for their circumcision ritual?
Short Essay Questions
1. Following their encounter with Konden Diara, the young boys face the real test of circumcision. How does the ceremony in Kouroussa proceed?
2. What happens towards the middle of the night when the initial procession around town finishes?
3. What does the director of the Technical College ask Camara before he leaves Conakry upon successfully completing his exams, and what is Camara's reaction?
4. What do the guests of the circumcision ceremony do to the teenage boys and how is this manifested to Camara? What is his reaction?
5. What happens at the airport and on the plane to France?
6. When Camara returns to Conakry in October, what does he find out about the Technical College, the school he attended the year before?
7. At the end of Camara's third year of school, he takes his proficiency examinations. Describe what happens.
8. Describe the friendship between Camara and his two friends, Kouyate and Check.
9. 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?
10. Camara does not like one of the behaviors his mother exhibits when he gets back home for vacation? Which behavior?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
After the gold work of Camara's father is finished, the praise-singer bursts into a douga. Describe in your own words, based on the context of the book, what a douga is. What is its influence on the people of Camara's community? Why is it sung? How do the characters react to it? What is its negative side effect? Why is it important in the African culture?
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
The rice season in Tindican is something Camara does not want to miss. The harvest starts with a tradition. Describe this tradition and discuss Camara's thoughts about the tradition. What does this tell you about the character of Camara? Compare/contrast his personality to that of his parents.
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