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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why do women who want a golden trinket hire a praise-singer to have the trinket made well and on time?
(a) To act as a seller.
(b) To act as a priest.
(c) To act as a friend.
(d) To act as a go-between.

3. What does Camara love to do in the evenings while in Tindican?
(a) He loves to sit outside.
(b) He loves to sit with the whole family and study everyone.
(c) He loves to sit with the whole family and yell at everyone.
(d) He loves to sing with the whole family.

4. When does the school teacher punish the students physically?
(a) When the students' handwriting is not exact.
(b) When the students don't listen.
(c) When the students are late.
(d) When the students interrupt.

5. Who do the older children take their frustration out on?
(a) The teacher.
(b) Their parents.
(c) The younger children.
(d) Their friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Camara's parents' huts located?

2. Why do the reapers not compete with each other?

3. How are Camara's father's apprentices treated?

4. What does the animal do after Camara's mother gets it back on its feet?

5. What does Camara's father do as he works with the gold?

(see the answer key)

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