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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 does rice season occur in Tindican?
(a) In January.
(b) In December.
(c) In October.
(d) In November.
2. What does Kouyate's father do as a profession?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Praise-singer.
(c) Reaper.
(d) Teacher.
3. What does Camara love to do when Lansana's twin shows up in Tindican?
(a) Talk to him.
(b) Eat with him.
(c) Walk with him.
(d) Listen to his stories.
4. What is a sayon?
(a) The first child born.
(b) The last child born.
(c) The child born before twins.
(d) The child born after twins.
5. How did the special snake first appear to Camara's father?
(a) In a story.
(b) In the yard.
(c) In a dream.
(d) In a thought.
Short Answer Questions
1. What kind of a man is Lansana?
2. What instrument does the praise-singer pull out when singing the praises of Camara's father in chapter 2?
3. Why doesn't Camara's family member want to get too far ahead of the rest of the reapers?
4. What is the color of the special snake Camara finds one day?
5. Camara tells who about what has been happening at school?
Short Essay Questions
1. While he was growing up, what were the rules during meals in Camara's parents' household?
2. 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?
3. What do the reapers do while they work on the fields, and how is their relationship?
4. Describe the initial relationship between Camara and Fanta?
5. Camara's mother has special powers. How is that manifested in chapter 5? What is her association to a horse?
6. Why does Camara's father always do the gold work himself, never leaving it to the apprentices or other workers?
7. 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?
8. According to Camara, what do many people think about country people, and what is Camara's opinion about them?
9. Describe the douga. What is its association to Camara's father's gold work?
10. Describe Camara's school clothes when he is a child. How does Camara feel about these clothes while in Tindican?
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