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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 Check feel about summer he and Kouyate are having while waiting for teaching jobs?
(a) Exhausted.
(b) Happy.
(c) Sad.
(d) Energetic.

2. Who encourages Camara and Marie to be more intimate?
(a) Marie's mother.
(b) Marie's aunts.
(c) Camara's uncle.
(d) Camara's aunts.

3. In which country does Camara have an opportunity to finish his studies?
(a) England.
(b) Belgium.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

4. How beautiful does Camara think Marie is?
(a) As beautiful as a fairy.
(b) As beautiful as his sister.
(c) As beautiful as his mother.
(d) As beautiful as a goddess.

5. What is Camara's mother doing when she is approached about changing her mind about Camara studying abroad?
(a) She's preparing lunch.
(b) She's preparing the evening meal.
(c) She's preparing breakfast.
(d) She's preparing a dessert.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Camara feel about Konden Diara?

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

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

4. Who brings Camara to the train station before he leaves Kouroussa?

5. When does Marie spend time at Mamadou's house?

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. 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?

3. Describe the character of Marie.

4. Describe the character of Mamadou.

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

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

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

8. Describe the character of Camara's mother.

9. What happens at the airport and on the plane to France?

10. What does Camara receive from his parents before he leaves home for Conakry?

(see the answer keys)

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