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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the praise-singer talking about in chapter 2?
(a) About people Camara has heard all about.
(b) About people Camara has sometimes heard about.
(c) About people Camara has never heard about.
(d) About people Camara likes.

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

3. What is the job Camara's father practices?
(a) Mechanic.
(b) Electrician.
(c) Baker.
(d) Blacksmith.

4. What is the color of the special snake Camara finds one day?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Black and yellow.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

5. Where are Camara's parents' huts located?
(a) Close to a railroad.
(b) Close to a river.
(c) Close to a farm.
(d) Close to a busy road.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is the snake which Camara finds special?

3. Why does Camara assume that his father underwent the rituals of preparing to work with gold before he even stepped foot in the shop the morning of the woman's arrival with gold?

4. Why do parents send their children to Camara's father?

5. How did Camara's father initially feel after the special snake's first appearance?

(see the answer key)

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