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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 do the other boys feel when Camara puts Marie on his bicycle?
(a) Jealous.
(b) Sad.
(c) Happy.
(d) Comfortable.
2. Who is Konden Diara?
(a) An evil spirit.
(b) A lion that eats little boys.
(c) A good spirit.
(d) A snake that eats little boys.
3. How does Check feel about summer he and Kouyate are having while waiting for teaching jobs?
(a) Happy.
(b) Sad.
(c) Exhausted.
(d) Energetic.
4. What is the quality of the instruction in Camara's school when he returns to it?
(a) Poor.
(b) Excellent.
(c) Funny.
(d) Uninteresting.
5. How long is Camara planning to study abroad?
(a) A month.
(b) A year.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two years.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who encourages Camara and Marie to be more intimate?
2. What kind of look is Camara's hut acquiring over time?
3. What will most boys become in the future?
4. In which country does Camara have an opportunity to finish his studies?
5. What do the older boys and men do after the procession?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens towards the middle of the night when the initial procession around town finishes?
2. Who or what is Konden Diara? What does Camara's father tell him to do?
3. What happens at the airport and on the plane to France?
4. What happens in the special hut where the young men are gathered before the actual circumcision takes place?
5. Describe the character of Camara's mother.
6. How do Camara's parents initially react to his news about going to Paris?
7. When Camara is a teenager, he must prepare for his culture's important rite of passage: circumcision. How and when does his ritual begin? How does Camara feel about it?
8. How do the boys spend the rest of the night of their rite of passage after the roaring ceases, and how does it end?
9. Describe the character of Marie.
10. Following their encounter with Konden Diara, the young boys face the real test of circumcision. How does the ceremony in Kouroussa proceed?
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