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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. Where are the boys led when the ritual procession finishes?
(a) Into a big hut.
(b) Onto the river.
(c) Into the brush.
(d) Onto the railroad.

2. What is hanging from the bombax trees and huts when the sun comes up after the Ceremony of the Lions?
(a) Black snakes.
(b) White threads.
(c) White flowers.
(d) Black threads.

3. Why do the boys stay in a special hut after their circumcision?
(a) To sing together.
(b) To feel sad together.
(c) To eat together.
(d) To recover as a group.

4. What does Camara find on the honor roll at his school every term?
(a) His name.
(b) His uncle's name.
(c) Marie's name.
(d) His friend's name.

5. How do the other boys feel when Camara puts Marie on his bicycle?
(a) Sad.
(b) Comfortable.
(c) Jealous.
(d) Happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long will the boys stay in a special hut after the circumcision?

2. What is the only thing Konden Diara will do to Camara according to his father?

3. Why does Camara's mother often get up in the middle of the night?

4. What is Camara worried about when he returns home after his final exams in Conakry?

5. What kind of landscape does Camara see that he has never seen before while on the train to Conakry?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Camara's parents initially react to his news about going to Paris?

2. What happens during the first year Camara is supposed to attend school in Conakry?

3. Following their encounter with Konden Diara, the young boys face the real test of circumcision. How does the ceremony in Kouroussa proceed?

4. How do Camara and Marie spend time together as teenagers?

5. Describe the character of Mamadou.

6. What happens on the way to and at the train station before fifteen year old Camara sets off to Conakry?

7. How do the boys spend the rest of the night of their rite of passage after the roaring ceases, and how does it end?

8. How has Camara's hut in Kouroussa changed when he comes home for vacation?

9. What happens in the special hut where the young men are gathered, after the actual circumcision takes place?

10. When Camara returns to Conakry in October, what does he find out about the Technical College, the school he attended the year before?

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