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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 color is Camara's school uniform?
2. What does Camara's mother forbid the men to do to the animal that she has to bring to its feet?
3. Where does Camara's grandmother store milk?
4. Why does Camara not pull Fanta's hair anymore after their conversation?
5. What is the second school Camara attends?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the praise-singer who acts as a middle man between the woman with the gold and Camara's father do in the workshop?
2. Why does Camara's father always do the gold work himself, never leaving it to the apprentices or other workers?
3. When does young Camara find his friends in Tindican, and what do they do?
4. A few months after all the beatings at school, the director of the French school is forced to resign because of a petition signed by all the parents. What did Camara's father have to do with this?
5. Camara's mother has special powers. How is that manifested in chapter 5? What is her association to a horse?
6. What is the result of years of abuse for the school children?
7. Where are Camara's parents' huts located, and what are the consequences of living in that location?
8. One day, Camara finds a little black snake with a strikingly marked body. What is special about this snake?
9. Who is Sidafa, and what do you know about him?
10. After the snake encounter, Camara finds it amusing to yell to his mother, "There's a snake!" How does his mother react when he yells like this?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
In chapter 7 Konden Diara is introduced. What or who is Konden Diara? What does he represent? Relate Konden Diara to the rite of passage. Describe his presence in detail, using supporting evidence from chapter 7. How does he influence the boys' feelings? What do they know about him? Does he show up during the ritual? How? When? What is the secret behind him?
Essay Topic 3
Chapter 2 of "The Dark Child" talks mainly about the gold work Camara's father performs. This gold work creates positive and negative reactions throughout the chapter. Compare/contrast the reactions of the chapter's characters in relation to the significance of the gold work. Use supporting evidence to discuss the different emotions towards the gold/gold work.
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