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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 is the long tunic that reaches to the heels but is split up the sides called?
2. How long do Camara and Kouyate stay at Check's bedside before he dies?
3. In which country does Camara have an opportunity to finish his studies?
4. How does Camara feel about the transition from childhood to manhood?
5. What does Camara's mother do when he tells her about his plans to study abroad?
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. Following their encounter with Konden Diara, the young boys face the real test of circumcision. How does the ceremony in Kouroussa proceed?
3. When Camara returns to Conakry in October, what does he find out about the Technical College, the school he attended the year before?
4. How do Camara's parents initially react to his news about going to Paris?
5. Describe the character of Camara's mother.
6. How do Camara and Marie spend time together as teenagers?
7. What happens at the airport and on the plane to France?
8. 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?
9. Who or what is Konden Diara? What does Camara's father tell him to do?
10. How do the boys spend the rest of the night of their rite of passage after the roaring ceases, and how does it end?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Camara get treated by his grandmother when he visits her in Tindican? Describe her affection and routines towards Camara. How does Camara react to this treatment? What does his grandmother's behavior tell you about their relationship? Compare/contrast Camara's grandmother's behavior towards him throughout the book. Does it change? How does it evolve?
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
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?
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