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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. Camara's mother's presence maintains what during meal times?
(a) Order and tradition.
(b) Sturdiness.
(c) Disorder.
(d) Cleanliness.

2. Where do the people of Camara's village occasionally find gold?
(a) In the clay.
(b) In the sand.
(c) In the forest.
(d) In the mud.

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

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

5. Why does Camara not pull Fanta's hair anymore after their conversation?
(a) Because he doesn't like her anymore.
(b) Because he starts pulling somebody else's hair.
(c) Because he is afraid of her.
(d) Because he feels foolish about pulling her hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What announces that the harvest has begun?

2. When do the reapers return to the village?

3. What fascinating animal does young Camara see in his father's forge?

4. What does Camara know about the harvest tradition?

5. Why does Camara's father always do the gold work himself?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the character of Lansana.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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