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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 notice each time he returns home for vacation?
2. When does Camara's rite of passage start?
3. The dancing goes on how long after the circumcision ceremony and before the boys are taken to a special hut where they will stay?
4. How does Camara feel about his mother's behavior each time he comes back home to find she has made improvements?
5. How long is Camara planning to study abroad?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What do the guests of the circumcision ceremony do to the teenage boys and how is this manifested to Camara? What is his reaction?
3. What happens during the first year Camara is supposed to attend school in Conakry?
4. How has Camara's hut in Kouroussa changed when he comes home for vacation?
5. 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?
6. What happens in the special hut where the young men are gathered before the actual circumcision takes place?
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. What does Camara receive from his parents before he leaves home for Conakry?
9. How do Camara's parents initially react to his news about going to Paris?
10. Describe the character of Camara's mother.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
After the gold work of Camara's father is finished, the praise-singer bursts into a douga. Describe in your own words, based on the context of the book, what a douga is. What is its influence on the people of Camara's community? Why is it sung? How do the characters react to it? What is its negative side effect? Why is it important in the African culture?
Essay Topic 2
In chapter 3, the author introduces two characters of a different nature that are very closely related. Who are these characters? How do they differ? What do they have in common? What is their importance to Camara? What is their involvement in the community? What are their contrasts/comparisons to the previously mentioned characters?
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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