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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. After the animal encounter in the forge, what does Camara like to yell to his mother?
(a) "There's a snake!"
(b) "There's a mouse!"
(c) "There are snakes!"
(d) "There's a rabbit!"

2. What is the name of the river that flows nearby Camara's village?
(a) The Nile.
(b) The Amazon.
(c) The Niger.
(d) The Nassar.

3. What does the woman do when the trinket is presented to her?
(a) She trembles.
(b) She laughs.
(c) She sits down.
(d) She sighs.

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

5. Who are the reapers for the rice harvest?
(a) The heads of the family.
(b) Sturdy old men.
(c) Sturdy young men.
(d) Celebrated men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Camara think about country people?

2. What kind of a man is Lansana's twin brother?

3. When the special snake began to appear on a regular basis, what did it do?

4. What does the animal do after Camara's mother gets it back on its feet?

5. What is an example of a preparatory ritual for gold work undertaken by Camara's father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the second half of the reapers' days look like?

2. Where are Camara's parents' huts located, and what are the consequences of living in that location?

3. When Camara is a child, what are the sleeping arrangements for his family in Kouroussa?

4. What is Camara thinking while he is in the rice fields with all the reapers?

5. Describe the initial relationship between Camara and Fanta?

6. When Camara arrives in Tindican as a child, how does his grandmother react?

7. What happens when Camara's friend Kouyate Karmoko says that he's had enough after a particularly cruel beating?

8. Describe the character of Camara's father.

9. Why does Camara's father tell Camara the story about the special snake? What else does he suggest to Camara about the snake?

10. What does the praise-singer who acts as a middle man between the woman with the gold and Camara's father do in the workshop?

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