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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When do the young boys face the real test of circumcision?
(a) When they enter high school.
(b) When they finish school.
(c) In their second to last year of school.
(d) In their final year of school.

3. Why doesn't Camara's family member want to get too far ahead of the rest of the reapers?
(a) Because he doesn't want them to feel bad.
(b) Because he's tired.
(c) Because he doesn't want them to take advantage of him.
(d) Because he's too lazy.

4. Why do the boys stay in a special hut after their circumcision?
(a) To sing together.
(b) To recover as a group.
(c) To feel sad together.
(d) To eat together.

5. What is the name of Kouyate's sister?
(a) Madonna.
(b) Maria.
(c) Miryam.
(d) Mariama.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who embraces Camara when he arrives in Tindican?

2. One day, some men come and ask Camara's mother to get a certain animal back on its feet. What kind of animal?

3. Which animals are abundant in the river when the water rises?

4. What is the quality of the instruction in Camara's school when he returns to it?

5. What does Camara's father do when he hears the douga?

(see the answer key)

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