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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why doesn't Camara's family member want to get too far ahead of the rest of the reapers?
(a) Because he doesn't want them to feel bad.
(b) Because he's tired.
(c) Because he's too lazy.
(d) Because he doesn't want them to take advantage of him.

3. Who do the children occasionally complain to when being taken advantage of?
(a) To their parents.
(b) To the director.
(c) To their brothers.
(d) To their friends.

4. What does Camara know about the harvest tradition?
(a) He learned much about the tradition.
(b) Not much.
(c) He understands where it comes from.
(d) Everything.

5. What does Camara love to do when Lansana's twin shows up in Tindican?
(a) Eat with him.
(b) Listen to his stories.
(c) Walk with him.
(d) Talk to him.

6. 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 already read about this specific task.
(d) Because his father has done this specific task before.

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

8. What do many people think of country folk?
(a) That they are civilized and coarse.
(b) That they are uncivilized and coarse.
(c) That they are strong.
(d) That they are unhealthy.

9. After the animal encounter in the forge, what does Camara like to yell to his mother?
(a) "There's a mouse!"
(b) "There's a rabbit!"
(c) "There's a snake!"
(d) "There are snakes!"

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

11. Who is always present when Camara's father works with gold?
(a) A black cat.
(b) Camara's mother.
(c) A new snake.
(d) The black snake.

12. What is the name of the river that flows nearby Camara's village?
(a) The Nassar.
(b) The Amazon.
(c) The Niger.
(d) The Nile.

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

14. What happens to Camara when he defies the order to not associate with Kouyate and his sister?
(a) His lunch gets taken away.
(b) His school books get stolen.
(c) His clothes are taken away.
(d) He's beaten.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of food do the women bring the reapers at noon?

2. Camara's mother's presence maintains what during meal times?

3. What is the first school Camara attends?

4. What fascinating animal does young Camara see in his father's forge?

5. Why do women who want a golden trinket hire a praise-singer to have the trinket made well and on time?

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