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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Camara's grandmother do with him when she takes him around her village?
2. What is a sayon?
3. What does Camara's school teacher do?
4. What is the job Camara's father practices?
5. What fascinating animal does young Camara see in his father's forge?
Short Essay Questions
1. One day, a woman comes to Camara's father's shop with gold. She wants the gold made into a trinket. What is special about having a trinket made?
2. What do the reapers do while they work on the fields, and how is their relationship?
3. Describe the douga. What is its association to Camara's father's gold work?
4. When does young Camara find his friends in Tindican, and what do they do?
5. How do Camara's mother's special powers manifest themselves as physical protection?
6. One day, Camara finds a little black snake with a strikingly marked body. What is special about this snake?
7. How is the special black snake involved with Camara's father's gold work?
8. Describe the behavior of Camara's school teacher in the French school he attended as a child.
9. When Camara arrives in Tindican as a child, how does his grandmother react?
10. Describe Camara's school clothes when he is a child. How does Camara feel about these clothes while in Tindican?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The rice season in Tindican is something Camara does not want to miss. The harvest starts with a tradition. Describe this tradition and discuss Camara's thoughts about the tradition. What does this tell you about the character of Camara? Compare/contrast his personality to that of his parents.
Essay Topic 2
In chapter 3 Camara's school clothes are a theme worth discussing. Why? How do they look? Why does this cause friction for Camara. Why is this difference with his friends so important for the plot? Are these clothes an issue in Kouroussa? Why? Why not? Explore this theme with supporting evidence provided in this chapter.
Essay Topic 3
One day Camara finds a little black snake with a strikingly marked body. This snake is special and plays an important role in the first chapters of "The Dark Child." What is the role of this snake in the family? How did he become important? What does his presence mean to the different main characters? Relate this snake's significance to the community, to Camara, to his mother, and to his father? How does the snake add to Camara's father's influence and status in the community? How is the snake involved in the work environment of Camara's father? Support your answers with examples from the book.
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