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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. Who accompanies Camara to the airport?
(a) Mamadou.
(b) Camara's parents.
(c) Mamadou and Marie.
(d) Marie.
2. What is the quality of the instruction in Camara's school when he returns to it?
(a) Funny.
(b) Uninteresting.
(c) Excellent.
(d) Poor.
3. When does the ritual procession around town finish?
(a) In early morning.
(b) At noon.
(c) Toward the middle of the night.
(d) Late evening.
4. Who is Mamadou?
(a) Camara's brother.
(b) Camara's nephew.
(c) Camara's cousin.
(d) Camara's uncle.
5. The dancing goes on how long after the circumcision ceremony and before the boys are taken to a special hut where they will stay?
(a) A week.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) A month.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Camara do when he sits at the bonfire on the night of the ritual?
2. What does Camara's father give Camara when he leaves home?
3. What is Camara's mother doing when she is approached about changing her mind about Camara studying abroad?
4. The boys receive a handkerchief made of what for their circumcision ritual?
5. What is Camara worried about when he returns home after his final exams in Conakry?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the guests of the circumcision ceremony do to the teenage boys and how is this manifested to Camara? What is his reaction?
2. Who or what is Konden Diara? What does Camara's father tell him to do?
3. What happens in the special hut where the young men are gathered before the actual circumcision takes place?
4. What happens at the airport and on the plane to France?
5. Describe the character of Marie.
6. When Camara returns to Conakry in October, what does he find out about the Technical College, the school he attended the year before?
7. Following their encounter with Konden Diara, the young boys face the real test of circumcision. How does the ceremony in Kouroussa proceed?
8. What happens on the way to and at the train station before fifteen year old Camara sets off to Conakry?
9. What happens in the special hut where the young men are gathered, after the actual circumcision takes place?
10. Describe the character of Camara's mother.
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