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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. How did Camara's father initially feel after the special snake's first appearance?
(a) Happy.
(b) Afraid.
(c) Sad.
(d) Hungry.
2. Which animals are abundant in the river when the water rises?
(a) Sharks.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Crocodiles.
(d) Hippopotamuses.
3. What do the reapers do while they work?
(a) They talk.
(b) They eat.
(c) They complain.
(d) They sing.
4. Who is the douga reserved for?
(a) For powerful men.
(b) For celebrated men.
(c) For healthy men.
(d) For happy men.
5. Why does Camara feel self-conscious in his school clothes while in Tindican?
(a) Because they are expensive.
(b) Because they are uncomfortable.
(c) Because they look similar to the other boys' clothes.
(d) Because they look different from the other boys' clothes.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do many people think of country folk?
2. Where does Camara stay while in Tindican?
3. Camara's mother's presence maintains what during meal times?
4. What does Camara's friend Kouyate look like?
5. What does young Camara offer to the animal he sees in his father's forge?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Camara help out in the rice fields during the harvest?
2. Camara remembers seeing a snake for the first time and being fascinated with its glittering eyes. What does he do to the snake, and what happens next?
3. Describe Camara's school clothes when he is a child. How does Camara feel about these clothes while in Tindican?
4. What does Camara's grandmother's hut look like?
5. Describe the behavior of Camara's school teacher in the French school he attended as a child.
6. Camara Laye's earliest memories revolve around his father's forge. What is the forge? What happens there? What does Camara do there?
7. What do the reapers do while they work on the fields, and how is their relationship?
8. When does young Camara find his friends in Tindican, and what do they do?
9. What happens when Camara's friend Kouyate Karmoko says that he's had enough after a particularly cruel beating?
10. What does the second half of the reapers' days look like?
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