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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. Who do the older children take their frustration out on?
(a) Their friends.
(b) The teacher.
(c) Their parents.
(d) The younger children.

2. Why does Camara's father tell this story to his son?
(a) Because Camara is the eldest son.
(b) Because Camara is the smartest son.
(c) Because Camara is the healthiest son.
(d) Because Camara is the youngest son.

3. Who makes arrangements for the trinket?
(a) Camara's father.
(b) Camara.
(c) The praise-singer.
(d) The woman who wants the trinket.

4. How did the special snake first appear to Camara's father?
(a) In a thought.
(b) In the yard.
(c) In a story.
(d) In a dream.

5. What is the name of Kouyate's sister?
(a) Maria.
(b) Miryam.
(c) Mariama.
(d) Madonna.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the snake which Camara finds special?

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

3. Who does Camara share his bed with?

4. What does Camara love to do when Lansana's twin shows up in Tindican?

5. Who are the reapers for the rice harvest?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in Tindican during the rice season in December?

2. Camara's mother has special powers. How is that manifested in chapter 5? What is her association to a horse?

3. After the snake encounter, Camara finds it amusing to yell to his mother, "There's a snake!" How does his mother react when he yells like this?

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

5. Describe the initial relationship between Camara and Fanta?

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

7. How do Camara's mother's special powers manifest themselves as physical protection?

8. What do the reapers do while they work on the fields, and how is their relationship?

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

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