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This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 147 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Dark Child Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 147 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. When do the reapers return to the village?
(a) The next morning.
(b) At night.
(c) In the evening.
(d) In the afternoon.

2. What does Camara's grandmother always do as soon as he arrives?
(a) Massage his feet.
(b) Praise him.
(c) Wash his head.
(d) Wash him from head to foot.

3. What does Camara's grandmother's hut look like?
(a) Full of stuff.
(b) Empty.
(c) Clean.
(d) Dirty.

4. What is the job Camara's father practices?
(a) Blacksmith.
(b) Electrician.
(c) Mechanic.
(d) Baker.

5. Who does Camara walk to school with when he is a child?
(a) With his sister.
(b) With his friend.
(c) With his nephew.
(d) With his brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the reapers do while they work?

2. What does Camara know about the harvest tradition?

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

4. Why do all the apprentices and workers in the blacksmith shop turn their attention to the production of the trinket?

5. Who makes arrangements for the trinket?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. One day, a woman comes to Camara's father's shop with gold. She wants the gold made into a trinket. What is special about having a trinket made?

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

4. Describe the character of Lansana.

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

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

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

8. Describe the character of Camara's father.

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

10. Describe the douga. What is its association to Camara's father's gold work?

(see the answer keys)

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