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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who embraces Camara when he arrives in Tindican?
(a) His mother.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His friend.
(d) His uncle.

3. What does Camara's father fear about Camara in regards to the snake?
(a) That he is not smart enough.
(b) That he will kill the snake.
(c) That he will only have part of the gift.
(d) That he will not have the gift.

4. When does rice season occur in Tindican?
(a) In November.
(b) In January.
(c) In October.
(d) In December.

5. What kind of food do the women bring the reapers at noon?
(a) Rice and peas.
(b) Rice and beans.
(c) Couscous.
(d) Spaghetti.

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

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

8. Why does Camara's father always do the gold work himself?
(a) Because other people argue about this work.
(b) Because he has special powers.
(c) Because he's the boss.
(d) Because he wants to make all the money.

9. Camara's mother displays what sort of attitude?
(a) Humble.
(b) Authoritarian.
(c) Friendly.
(d) Disgusting.

10. The students' parents have been unaware of the atmosphere surrounding Camara's school. What type of atmosphere has it been?
(a) Comfortable.
(b) Brutal.
(c) Happy.
(d) Friendly.

11. Which member of Camara's family is a reaper?
(a) His youngest uncle.
(b) His oldest uncle.
(c) His nephew.
(d) His grandfather.

12. How does the farmer's life seem to Camara?
(a) Healthy.
(b) Boring.
(c) Stupid.
(d) Picturesque.

13. Why does Camara assume that his father underwent the rituals of preparing to work with gold before he even stepped foot in the shop the morning of the woman's arrival with gold?
(a) Because his father already dreamt about this specific task.
(b) Because his father already heard about this specific task.
(c) Because his father has done this specific task before.
(d) Because his father already read about this specific task.

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

15. Why do parents send their children to Camara's father?
(a) To play music.
(b) To observe his work.
(c) To work as an apprentice.
(d) To get paid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first school Camara attends?

2. Why does Camara feel self-conscious in his school clothes while in Tindican?

3. What does Kouyate's father do as a profession?

4. How does Camara feel the night after he hears the story about the special snake?

5. Where do the people of Camara's village occasionally find gold?

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