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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What makes Camara feel very smart and helpful?
(a) Bicycling with Marie.
(b) Dancing with Marie.
(c) Helping Marie with her homework.
(d) Talking to Marie.
2. Who has arrived to celebrate Camara's departure from Kouroussa?
(a) Several friends.
(b) Several tom-tom players.
(c) Several praise-singers.
(d) Several family members.
3. Where do Camara and his two friends show up after disappearing for awhile?
(a) At Camara's mother's hut.
(b) At Kouyate's mother's hut.
(c) At Check's mother's hut.
(d) At Camara's hut.
4. Who is Marie?
(a) A student at the girl's middle school.
(b) A former student at the girls' high school.
(c) A student at Camara's school.
(d) A student at the girls' high school.
5. Who encourages Camara and Marie to be more intimate?
(a) Camara's uncle.
(b) Camara's aunts.
(c) Marie's mother.
(d) Marie's aunts.
6. Why does Camara's mother often get up in the middle of the night?
(a) To eat something.
(b) To talk to Camara.
(c) To see if Camara is in bed alone.
(d) To go to the bathroom.
7. What school does Camara attend when he leaves home?
(a) The Technician's School.
(b) The School of Technology.
(c) The Mechanical School.
(d) The Technical School.
8. What does Camara's mother do right before he leaves home?
(a) She laughs.
(b) She falls to the ground.
(c) She hugs him.
(d) She cries.
9. Who is Mamadou?
(a) Camara's brother.
(b) Camara's nephew.
(c) Camara's cousin.
(d) Camara's uncle.
10. What do the women and the girls do after the procession?
(a) They watch the boys.
(b) They cook.
(c) They go home.
(d) They stay out all night.
11. Who accompanies Camara to the airport?
(a) Mamadou.
(b) Camara's parents.
(c) Mamadou and Marie.
(d) Marie.
12. What will most boys become in the future?
(a) Reapers.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Preachers.
(d) Teachers.
13. Why does Camara's mother find it difficult to understand why he wants more schooling?
(a) Because she thinks he is stupid.
(b) Because she thinks it's too expensive.
(c) Because she thinks he has had so much schooling already.
(d) Because she thinks he wants to leave her.
14. What is the quality of the instruction in Camara's school when he returns to it?
(a) Funny.
(b) Poor.
(c) Excellent.
(d) Uninteresting.
15. What does Camara's father give Camara when he leaves home?
(a) A harp.
(b) A he-goat's horn.
(c) A he-sheep's horn.
(d) A tom-tom.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who brings Camara to the train station before he leaves Kouroussa?
2. What kind of landscape does Camara see that he has never seen before while on the train to Conakry?
3. How did Camara stay in touch with his friends from home?
4. When do the young boys face the real test of circumcision?
5. What has happened to Camara's school when he returns to it?
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