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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where are Camara's parents' huts located?
(a) Close to a river.
(b) Close to a busy road.
(c) Close to a farm.
(d) Close to a railroad.

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

4. How are Camara's father's apprentices treated?
(a) Like children of the family.
(b) Like children of the neighbors.
(c) Like adults.
(d) Like spoiled children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Camara feel self-conscious in his school clothes while in Tindican?

2. What does young Camara offer to the animal he sees in his father's forge?

3. Which animals are abundant in the river when the water rises?

4. What is a sayon?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Camara's father's apprentices treated, and how does Camara feel about this?

2. Describe the behavior of Camara's school teacher in the French school he attended as a child.

3. When does young Camara find his friends in Tindican, and what do they do?

4. How is the special black snake involved with Camara's father's gold work?

5. One day, Camara finds a little black snake with a strikingly marked body. What is special about this snake?

6. What is the result of years of abuse for the school children?

7. Describe Camara's school clothes when he is a child. How does Camara feel about these clothes while in Tindican?

8. Why does Camara's father always do the gold work himself, never leaving it to the apprentices or other workers?

9. How did Camara's father know about this specific task of gold work, and how did he prepare himself to execute the work?

10. Describe the initial relationship between Camara and Fanta?

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