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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the woman do when the trinket is presented to her?
(a) She sits down.
(b) She trembles.
(c) She laughs.
(d) She sighs.

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

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

4. Who talks to Camara's mother about his desire to study abroad in hopes of convincing her that it is a good idea?
(a) Camara's uncle.
(b) Camara's father.
(c) Camara and his father.
(d) Camara.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who do the children occasionally complain to when being taken advantage of?

3. Who brings Camara to the train station before he leaves Kouroussa?

4. When do the reapers return to the village?

5. How does Camara feel about the transition from childhood to manhood?

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