View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the always present visitor located when Camara's father works with gold?
(a) On top of the sheepskin.
(b) Under the table.
(c) Under the work bench.
(d) Under the sheepskin.

2. When does rice season occur in Tindican?
(a) In October.
(b) In November.
(c) In January.
(d) In December.

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

4. Some of Camara's brothers and sisters don't fit in his mother's hut. Where do they sleep?
(a) In their uncle's hut.
(b) In their father's mother's hut.
(c) In their mother's mother's hut.
(d) In their father's hut.

5. Why do women want trinkets made out of gold?
(a) For decoration.
(b) For a friend.
(c) For special occasions.
(d) For no special reason.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Camara's grandmother tell him every time she sees him?

2. What kind of woman visits Camara's father's shop in chapter two?

3. Who cuts the first swath of rice from the field on the day of the harvest?

4. What does Camara do when he goes to the rice fields during harvest?

5. How did the special snake first appear to Camara's father?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the character of Lansana.

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,129 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample