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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 does Camara feel about his mother's behavior each time he comes back home to find she has made improvements?
(a) It troubles him.
(b) It touches him.
(c) It makes him proud.
(d) It annoys him.

2. Who gives the boys a handkerchief for their ceremony of circumcision?
(a) Their sweetheart.
(b) Their mother.
(c) Their sister.
(d) Their aunt.

3. Where do Camara and his two friends show up after disappearing for awhile?
(a) At Camara's hut.
(b) At Check's mother's hut.
(c) At Camara's mother's hut.
(d) At Kouyate's mother's hut.

4. What do the guests shower the boys with during the circumcision ceremony?
(a) Handkerchiefs.
(b) Gifts.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Water.

5. What is the quality of the instruction in Camara's school when he returns to it?
(a) Excellent.
(b) Poor.
(c) Uninteresting.
(d) Funny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of look is Camara's hut acquiring over time?

2. What does Camara's mother do right before he leaves home?

3. What is Camara's mother concerned about when he is home on vacation?

4. Why does Camara still have one year of school until graduation when his friends have already finished?

5. How does Camara feel about the transition from childhood to manhood?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens towards the middle of the night when the initial procession around town finishes?

3. What does the director of the Technical College ask Camara before he leaves Conakry upon successfully completing his exams, and what is Camara's reaction?

4. What happens when Camara and his father go to talk to Camara's mother again, hoping to convince her to let Camara finish his studies in Paris?

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

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

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

9. At the end of Camara's third year of school, he takes his proficiency examinations. Describe what happens.

10. Who or what is Konden Diara? What does Camara's father tell him to do?

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