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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the job Camara's father practices?
(a) Baker.
(b) Electrician.
(c) Mechanic.
(d) Blacksmith.

2. 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 mother's mother's hut.
(c) In their father's hut.
(d) In their father's mother's hut.

3. What does Camara's father do when he hears the douga?
(a) He dances.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He does more gold work.
(d) He sings.

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

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

6. Why do women want trinkets made out of gold?
(a) For decoration.
(b) For no special reason.
(c) For a friend.
(d) For special occasions.

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

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

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

10. Where does Camara's grandmother store milk?
(a) In a bowl.
(b) In a calabash.
(c) In a jug.
(d) In a coconut.

11. How old is Camara in his earliest memories?
(a) Five or six.
(b) Three or four.
(c) Six or seven.
(d) Four or five.

12. Why does Camara's father send his children to school?
(a) To be treated like slaves.
(b) To learn.
(c) To play.
(d) To sing.

13. Where do the people of Camara's village occasionally find gold?
(a) In the clay.
(b) In the mud.
(c) In the sand.
(d) In the forest.

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

15. Why does Camara pull Fanta's hair?
(a) Because he doesn't like her.
(b) Because she is childish.
(c) Because she is a friend.
(d) Because she is a girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman do when the trinket is presented to her?

2. Who embraces Camara when he arrives in Tindican?

3. What does legend say about twin brothers?

4. Which member of Camara's family is a reaper?

5. What kind of a man is Lansana?

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