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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 friend.
(b) To act as a seller.
(c) To act as a go-between.
(d) To act as a priest.

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

3. What does Camara's father give Camara when he leaves home?
(a) A he-sheep's horn.
(b) A harp.
(c) A tom-tom.
(d) A he-goat's horn.

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

5. What does Fanta bring Camara after he runs off crying after the ordeal at school?
(a) A wheat cake.
(b) Chocolate cookies.
(c) A carrot cake.
(d) A chocolate cake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do many people think of country folk?

2. Where are the boys led when the ritual procession finishes?

3. What is the second school Camara attends?

4. The dancing goes on how long after the circumcision ceremony and before the boys are taken to a special hut where they will stay?

5. Camara's mother gives him a bottle of liquid good for what?

(see the answer key)

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