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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 is Camara's mother concerned about when he is home on vacation?
(a) About some of the young men he associates with.
(b) About some of the farmers he associates with.
(c) About some of the children he associates with.
(d) About some of the young women he associates with.

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

3. What does Camara's father give Camara when he leaves home?
(a) A he-goat's horn.
(b) A tom-tom.
(c) A he-sheep's horn.
(d) A harp.

4. Where are the boys led when the ritual procession finishes?
(a) Into the brush.
(b) Into a big hut.
(c) Onto the river.
(d) Onto the railroad.

5. What kind of look is Camara's hut acquiring over time?
(a) An American look.
(b) An Asian look.
(c) A European look.
(d) An African look.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Camara pedal to with Marie?

2. What makes Camara feel very smart and helpful?

3. How does Camara's mother light up his bed?

4. In which month does Camara return to Conakry?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

4. Describe the friendship between Camara and his two friends, Kouyate and Check.

5. Describe the character of Marie.

6. 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?

7. Describe the character of Camara's mother.

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

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

10. Camara does not like one of the behaviors his mother exhibits when he gets back home for vacation? Which behavior?

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