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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. What makes Camara feel very smart and helpful?
(a) Bicycling with Marie.
(b) Helping Marie with her homework.
(c) Talking to Marie.
(d) Dancing with Marie.

2. How did Camara stay in touch with his friends from home?
(a) With emails.
(b) Through voice messages.
(c) By phone.
(d) With letters.

3. Who brings Camara to the train station before he leaves Kouroussa?
(a) His brother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His sister.

4. How long do Camara and Kouyate stay at Check's bedside before he dies?
(a) A week.
(b) Ten days.
(c) Three days.
(d) Two weeks.

5. When does Camara leave home?
(a) When he's sixteen.
(b) When he's fifteen.
(c) When he's fourteen.
(d) When he's twelve.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Camara's father's second wife hold up as a symbol for Camara during the circumcision ceremony?

2. Why does Camara return to Kouroussa after completing his final exams?

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

4. What does Camara notice each time he returns home for vacation?

5. Where are the boys led when the ritual procession finishes?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the character of Mamadou.

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

9. 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?

10. 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?

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