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

2. What announces that the harvest has begun?
(a) The tom-tom.
(b) The sound of a harp.
(c) The sound of a flute.
(d) The tam-tam.

3. What is the name of one particular apprentice Camara remembers?
(a) Sidame.
(b) Sidafa.
(c) Saddam.
(d) Sidmund.

4. What does the animal do after Camara's mother gets it back on its feet?
(a) He follows his master away.
(b) He stays with Camara's mother.
(c) He runs off.
(d) He follows Camara away.

5. What do Camara and his friends play with while he's in Tindican?
(a) Soccer balls.
(b) Slingshots.
(c) Metal toys.
(d) Bicycles.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Camara's father tell this story to his son?

4. What does Camara's grandmother do with him when she takes him around her village?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Camara's grandmother's hut look like?

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

5. Who is Sidafa, and what do you know about him?

6. How did Camara's father know about this specific task of gold work, and how did he prepare himself to execute the work?

7. A few months after all the beatings at school, the director of the French school is forced to resign because of a petition signed by all the parents. What did Camara's father have to do with this?

8. 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?

9. Camara remembers seeing a snake for the first time and being fascinated with its glittering eyes. What does he do to the snake, and what happens next?

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

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