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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Camara in his earliest memories?
(a) Five or six.
(b) Four or five.
(c) Three or four.
(d) Six or seven.

2. Who cuts the first swath of rice from the field on the day of the harvest?
(a) The praise-singer.
(b) The eldest son of each family.
(c) The head of each family.
(d) The mother of each family.

3. What does Camara's father do as he works with the gold?
(a) He talks to his son.
(b) He breathes unknown cantations.
(c) He is very quiet.
(d) He sings a song.

4. Where does Camara stay while in Tindican?
(a) In his own hut.
(b) In his grandfather's hut.
(c) In his grandmother's hut.
(d) In his uncle's hut.

5. What does Camara's grandmother do with him when she takes him around her village?
(a) She shows him off.
(b) She holds him the whole time.
(c) She makes him talk to everybody.
(d) She makes him sing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do people hang ears of corn on ropes?

2. What do the reapers use to do their work?

3. Why does Camara's father tell this story to his son?

4. What kind of woman visits Camara's father's shop in chapter two?

5. What does Camara's grandmother tell him every time she sees him?

(see the answer key)

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