The Dark Child (The African Child) Quizzes

The Dark Child (The African Child) Quiz 1

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1 Who wrote The Dark Child?

Louis Theroux

Camara Laye

Ellis Betram

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

Guinean

Mandé

French

English
3 What genre does The Dark Child fall under?

Drama

Fantasy

Poetry

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

1995

2001

1953

1928
5 How many chapters does The Dark Child contain?

Thirty-six

None

Twenty

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

Egypt

Zimbabwe

France

French Guinea
7 On what continent does The Dark Child take place?

Africa

Europe

South America

Asia
8 Who narrates The Dark Child?

Camara Laye

James Baldwin

An unnamed third-person narrator

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

Camara Laye

Marie

Fanta

James Baldwin
10 How old is Laye when the book begins?

Ten or eleven

Two or three

Fifteen or sixteen

Five or six
11 What animal does Laye have a significant encounter with in the first chapter?

A dog

A hippo

A snake

A cat
12 Why does Laye's mother scold him in the first chapter?

He fed a reed to a snake

He killed his father's guiding spirit

He lost their dog

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 a snake his father hatched from an egg

It is possessed by Laye's grandfather

It is possessed by Satan

It is the guiding spirit of their race
14 How does the snake first make itself known to Laye's father?

It tries to strangle him

It visits him in a dream

It tries to bite him

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

He welcomes it

He tries to eat it

He fears it

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

He is his father

He is the guiding spirit of his race

He is the devil incarnate

None of these
17 What does Laye's father claim his snake does for him?

Informs him of future events

Tells him what he enemies are up to

Keeps him informed of what is happening in the afterlife

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?

Stop sleeping in his mother's hut

Spend more time with him in the workshop

Let the snake live in his bed

Run ten miles every day
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 has inhaled too many gold-smelting fumes

He is displeased with Laye's ignorance of their customs
20 What is Laye's father's profession?

Blacksmith and goldsmith

Television cable installer

Car maker

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

They are atheists

Christian

Muslim

Jewish
22 Why do customers send praise-singers to Laye's father's workshop?

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

To stroke his ego in advance of asking him to make jewelry

To give the praise-singer some much needed employment

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 sift them on the banks of rivers

They wake up with it under their pillows
24 What is the first step in Laye's father's goldsmithing process?

He holds the gold flakes in his mouth

He makes all children leave the workshop

He puts on a dust mask

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

His canary

His parrot

His black snake

His sheepdog

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