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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 kind of look is Camara's hut acquiring over time?
2. How long will the boys stay in a special hut after the circumcision?
3. What is the only thing Konden Diara will do to Camara according to his father?
4. What is hanging from the bombax trees and huts when the sun comes up after the Ceremony of the Lions?
5. What do the guests shower the boys with during the circumcision ceremony?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens towards the middle of the night when the initial procession around town finishes?
2. What does Camara receive from his parents before he leaves home for Conakry?
3. What happens in the special hut where the young men are gathered before the actual circumcision takes place?
4. How has Camara's hut in Kouroussa changed when he comes home for vacation?
5. 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?
6. What happens at the airport and on the plane to France?
7. Who or what is Konden Diara? What does Camara's father tell him to do?
8. At the end of Camara's third year of school, he takes his proficiency examinations. Describe what happens.
9. 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?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
In chapter 3, Camara describes his grandmother's hut. How does this hut compare/contrast to his mother's hut? What picture does the author bring to mind about the living quarters of people in Guinea? Describe the general idea you get about the habitation of Camara's family and compare it to your own environment.
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