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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 asks Camara if he would like to go abroad to finish his studies?
(a) Marie.
(b) Camara's favorite teacher.
(c) The director of Camara's school.
(d) Camara's uncle.

2. What school does Camara attend when he leaves home?
(a) The School of Technology.
(b) The Technical School.
(c) The Mechanical School.
(d) The Technician's School.

3. What do the women and the girls do after the procession?
(a) They cook.
(b) They go home.
(c) They watch the boys.
(d) They stay out all night.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Camara leave home?

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

3. What does the director in Conakry give Camara before he leaves the country?

4. What kind of landscape does Camara see that he has never seen before while on the train to Conakry?

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

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. What happens on the way to and at the train station before fifteen year old Camara sets off to Conakry?

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

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

5. Describe the character of Mamadou.

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

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

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

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

10. Describe the character of Marie.

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