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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is the douga sung?
(a) Only when gold work is presented.
(b) All the time.
(c) Rarely.
(d) When evil spirits need to be set free.

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

3. When the special snake began to appear on a regular basis, what did it do?
(a) He helped Camara's mother know the future.
(b) He helped Camara's father know the future.
(c) He helped Camara know the future.
(d) He helped Camara's father know life's secrets.

4. What is the color of the special snake Camara finds one day?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Black and yellow.

5. Some of Camara's brothers and sisters don't fit in his mother's hut. Where do they sleep?
(a) In their uncle's hut.
(b) In their father's mother's hut.
(c) In their mother's mother's hut.
(d) In their father's hut.

6. Where does Camara wish he could be the night after he hears the story about the special snake?
(a) His own hut.
(b) His uncle's hut.
(c) His mother's hut.
(d) His father's hut.

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

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

9. What is the second school Camara attends?
(a) The Koran school.
(b) The English school.
(c) The African school.
(d) The French School.

10. Who does Camara share his bed with?
(a) His father's younger apprentices.
(b) His brothers.
(c) His sisters.
(d) His father's older apprentices.

11. What does Camara's grandmother tell him every time she sees him?
(a) That he's too unhealthy.
(b) That he's too shy.
(c) That he's too fat.
(d) That he's too skinny.

12. When does the school teacher punish the students physically?
(a) When the students are late.
(b) When the students interrupt.
(c) When the students don't listen.
(d) When the students' handwriting is not exact.

13. Where are Camara's parents' huts located?
(a) Close to a busy road.
(b) Close to a railroad.
(c) Close to a farm.
(d) Close to a river.

14. Camara tells who about what has been happening at school?
(a) His father.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His mother.
(d) The apprentices.

15. What fascinating animal does young Camara see in his father's forge?
(a) A dog.
(b) A snake.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A bird.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does young Camara offer to the animal he sees in his father's forge?

2. What does Camara love to do in the evenings while in Tindican?

3. What do the reapers do while they work?

4. What does Camara love to do when Lansana's twin shows up in Tindican?

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

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