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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gathers the boys to take them away for their teenage ritual?
(a) The tom-tom player.
(b) The head of the village.
(c) The fathers of the boys.
(d) The school teacher.

2. What type of emotion is outwardly manifested during the circumcision ceremony?
(a) Joyous.
(b) Sad.
(c) Boring.
(d) Unattractive.

3. Who encourages Camara and Marie to be more intimate?
(a) Camara's uncle.
(b) Marie's mother.
(c) Camara's aunts.
(d) Marie's aunts.

4. What does Camara's mother do when he tells her about his plans to study abroad?
(a) She tells him he's not going.
(b) She starts screaming.
(c) She starts crying.
(d) She tells him he's allowed to go.

5. Why does Camara return to Kouroussa after completing his final exams?
(a) To be with his friends.
(b) To eat and drink.
(c) To worry about his mother.
(d) To celebrate his school success.

6. How long do Camara and Kouyate stay at Check's bedside before he dies?
(a) Ten days.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) A week.
(d) Three days.

7. When does the ritual procession around town finish?
(a) In early morning.
(b) Late evening.
(c) Toward the middle of the night.
(d) At noon.

8. What is hanging from the bombax trees and huts when the sun comes up after the Ceremony of the Lions?
(a) Black snakes.
(b) Black threads.
(c) White flowers.
(d) White threads.

9. What kind of landscape does Camara see that he has never seen before while on the train to Conakry?
(a) Waterfalls.
(b) Rivers.
(c) Deserts.
(d) Foothills.

10. Who is Mamadou?
(a) Camara's nephew.
(b) Camara's cousin.
(c) Camara's uncle.
(d) Camara's brother.

11. Before Camara gets on the train, he thinks about a certain person. Who does he think about?
(a) Fanta.
(b) Mamadou.
(c) Kouyate.
(d) Sidafa.

12. What does Camara do when he sits at the bonfire on the night of the ritual?
(a) He sings.
(b) He trembles.
(c) He smiles.
(d) He jumps over the fire.

13. How does Check feel about summer he and Kouyate are having while waiting for teaching jobs?
(a) Happy.
(b) Sad.
(c) Energetic.
(d) Exhausted.

14. What is the long tunic that reaches to the heels but is split up the sides called?
(a) A burbon.
(b) A boubou.
(c) A tom-tom.
(d) A wouwou.

15. Why does Camara still have one year of school until graduation when his friends have already finished?
(a) Because he lost a year of school.
(b) Because he has wasted a year doing nothing.
(c) Because he is lazy.
(d) Because he is not intelligent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Camara pedal to with Marie?

2. How does Camara's mother light up his bed?

3. Where do Camara and his two friends show up after disappearing for awhile?

4. What will most boys become in the future?

5. What do the guests shower the boys with during the circumcision ceremony?

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