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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. Who encourages Camara and Marie to be more intimate?
2. When does the tom-tom begin to beat for the rite of passage?
3. What is the quality of the instruction in Camara's school when he returns to it?
4. What do the guests shower the boys with during the circumcision ceremony?
5. What kind of look is Camara's hut acquiring over time?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. 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?
3. Camara does not like one of the behaviors his mother exhibits when he gets back home for vacation? Which behavior?
4. 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?
5. What happens on the way to and at the train station before fifteen year old Camara sets off to Conakry?
6. What does Camara receive from his parents before he leaves home for Conakry?
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 happens towards the middle of the night when the initial procession around town finishes?
9. What happens at the airport and on the plane to France?
10. What happens in the special hut where the young men are gathered, after the actual circumcision takes place?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the African culture, rituals are important. Describe the preparatory ritual of Camara's father before he does gold work. What does this ritual involve? Why is this ritual important? Compare this ritual to other rituals Camara's father performs throughout "The Dark Child."
Essay Topic 2
The walk to Tindikan is of importance to Camara. The author talks about two ways Camara does this walk. Compare/contrast the different implementations of this walk and relate them to their time frame. Why is this walk important to Camara? What does it bring him?
Essay Topic 3
Towards the last chapters of the book, the ocean plays an important role in Camara's life. What does the ocean symbolize? What happens at the ocean? How is love related to this theme? Why is the ocean special and different from what he knows? What does his love of the ocean foreshadow? How is the ocean important in the last chapter? Relate Camara's actions in chapter 12 to his aspirations in chapter 10.
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