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

2. What does young Camara enjoy doing from the corner of the workshop?
(a) Killing snakes.
(b) Playing with fire.
(c) Watching the fire.
(d) Talking to customers.

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

4. Where does Camara stay while in Tindican?
(a) In his uncle's hut.
(b) In his own hut.
(c) In his grandfather's hut.
(d) In his grandmother's hut.

5. Who is the praise-singer talking about in chapter 2?
(a) About people Camara has sometimes heard about.
(b) About people Camara has heard all about.
(c) About people Camara has never heard about.
(d) About people Camara likes.

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

7. How long is the walk from Kouroussa to Tindican when Camara does it with his youngest uncle?
(a) Three hours.
(b) One hour.
(c) Two hours.
(d) Four hours.

8. How did the special snake first appear to Camara's father?
(a) In a dream.
(b) In a story.
(c) In a thought.
(d) In the yard.

9. Camara's mother's presence maintains what during meal times?
(a) Disorder.
(b) Order and tradition.
(c) Cleanliness.
(d) Sturdiness.

10. What do the reapers do while they work?
(a) They talk.
(b) They eat.
(c) They complain.
(d) They sing.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Camara believe about his mother?

2. Why doesn't Camara's family member want to get too far ahead of the rest of the reapers?

3. What instrument does the praise-singer pull out when singing the praises of Camara's father in chapter 2?

4. What do many people think of country folk?

5. What does Camara's father do when he hears the douga?

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