The Dark Child (The African Child) Quizzes

The Dark Child (The African Child) Quiz 1

1 Who wrote The Dark Child?
Louis Theroux

Camara Laye

Ellis Betram

James Baldwin
2 In what language was The Dark Child originally written?
English

French

Guinean

Mandé
3 What genre does The Dark Child fall under?
Drama

Fantasy

Memoir

Poetry
4 What year was The Dark Child published in its original language?
1928

2001

1995

1953
5 How many chapters does The Dark Child contain?
Twenty

None

Thirty-six

Twelve
6 In what country does The Dark Child take place?
Zimbabwe

Egypt

French Guinea

France
7 On what continent does The Dark Child take place?
Asia

Europe

South America

Africa
8 Who narrates The Dark Child?
An unnamed third-person narrator

Camara Laye

James Baldwin

None of these
9 Who is the book's protagonist?
Camara Laye

James Baldwin

Marie

Fanta
10 How old is Laye when the book begins?
Five or six

Ten or eleven

Two or three

Fifteen or sixteen
11 What animal does Laye have a significant encounter with in the first chapter?
A hippo

A snake

A cat

A dog
12 Why does Laye's mother scold him in the first chapter?
He lost their dog

He killed his father's guiding spirit

He fed a reed to a snake

He hurt their cat's tail by stepping on it
13 Why does Laye's mother tell him not to hurt the shiny black snake who visits his father's workshop?
It is possessed by Satan

It is the guiding spirit of their race

It is a snake his father hatched from an egg

It is possessed by Laye's grandfather
14 How does the snake first make itself known to Laye's father?
It tries to bite him

It tries to strangle him

It visits him in a dream

None of these
15 What is Laye's father's initial response to the black snake?
He fears it

He welcomes it

He tries to eat it

He whips it into the bush
16 What does the black snake tell Laye's father?
He is the devil incarnate

He is his father

He is the guiding spirit of his race

None of these
17 What does Laye's father claim his snake does for him?
Keeps him informed of what is happening in the afterlife

Informs him of future events

Tells him what he enemies are up to

None of these
18 What does Laye's father say Laye will have to do if he wants to inherit the snake as a totem?
Spend more time with him in the workshop

Run ten miles every day

Let the snake live in his bed

Stop sleeping in his mother's hut
19 Why does Laye's father become upset while talking about the snake to his son?
He knows Laye is destined to stay in school rather than take over his forge

He is displeased with Laye's performance at school

He is displeased with Laye's ignorance of their customs

He has inhaled too many gold-smelting fumes
20 What is Laye's father's profession?
Car maker

Television cable installer

Blacksmith and goldsmith

None of these
21 What religion is Laye's family?
Christian

Muslim

Jewish

They are atheists
22 Why do customers send praise-singers to Laye's father's workshop?
To stroke his ego in advance of asking him to make jewelry

To give the praise-singer some much needed employment

To make up for the fact he has no radio to play music

None of these
23 Where do women get the gold flakes they bring to Laye's father?
They break down jewelry they no longer want

They steal it from other women

They wake up with it under their pillows

They sift them on the banks of rivers
24 What is the first step in Laye's father's goldsmithing process?
He puts on a dust mask

He makes all children leave the workshop

He holds the gold flakes in his mouth

He purifies himself with oils
25 What animal does Laye's father stroke before smelting gold?
His black snake

His parrot

His canary

His sheepdog

Camara and her parents would be considered the main subjects in this nonfiction book. Fanta, Mamadou, Kouyaté, Marie, Sékou, and Check Omar wuld be considered minor characters in the text.

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Compare and contrast Fanta and Marie's relationship with Laye.

Fanta is Camara Laye's childhood love interest. A friend of Laye's sister, Fanta walks to school on the same route as Laye. One day, she confronts him about why he pulls her hair. Laye cannot explain why he bothers her when she never provokes him,...

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What were Laye's friends and what made them friendship?

Check Omar was a friend from school. He dies shortly after earning his teaching certificate.

Marie is Laye's love interest.

Laye has a crush on fanta while they were children. She is a source of love, comfort, and loyalty.

Kayoute is a school...

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