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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gathers the boys to take them away for their teenage ritual?
(a) The school teacher.
(b) The fathers of the boys.
(c) The tom-tom player.
(d) The head of the village.

2. When does Camara leave home?
(a) When he's fourteen.
(b) When he's fifteen.
(c) When he's sixteen.
(d) When he's twelve.

3. What has happened to Camara's school when he returns to it?
(a) It has been burnt down.
(b) It has been destroyed by a flood.
(c) It has become even less interesting.
(d) It has been reorganized.

4. What is a sayon?
(a) The child born before twins.
(b) The child born after twins.
(c) The last child born.
(d) The first child born.

5. What is the first school Camara attends?
(a) The English school.
(b) The French school.
(c) The Koran school.
(d) The African school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Camara's mother do when he tells her about his plans to study abroad?

2. What does the director in Conakry give Camara before he leaves the country?

3. What does Camara find on the honor roll at his school every term?

4. How does Camara's mother light up his bed?

5. How old is Camara in his earliest memories?

(see the answer key)

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