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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What announces that the harvest has begun?
(a) The sound of a flute.
(b) The tam-tam.
(c) The sound of a harp.
(d) The tom-tom.

3. Where does Camara wish he could be the night after he hears the story about the special snake?
(a) His father's hut.
(b) His uncle's hut.
(c) His mother's hut.
(d) His own hut.

4. Who are the reapers for the rice harvest?
(a) Celebrated men.
(b) Sturdy young men.
(c) Sturdy old men.
(d) The heads of the family.

5. What instrument does the praise-singer pull out when singing the praises of Camara's father in chapter 2?
(a) A guitar.
(b) A violin.
(c) A harp.
(d) A drum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of a man is Lansana's twin brother?

2. Why do women who want a golden trinket hire a praise-singer to have the trinket made well and on time?

3. Why does Camara's father always do the gold work himself?

4. Why do all the apprentices and workers in the blacksmith shop turn their attention to the production of the trinket?

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

(see the answer key)

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