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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 89 - 118).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the doctor have Alfa and the others do to help them through their trauma?
(a) Dance.
(b) Sing.
(c) Draw.
(d) Watch television.

2. When does Alfa always kill the enemy soldiers he kills?
(a) Once they have called for reinforcements.
(b) Once they have said a prayer.
(c) Once they have made their second plea to him with their eyes.
(d) Once they have lost all their blood.

3. How does Alfa think he can tell that the woman at the hospital in the Rear is attracted to him?
(a) By reading it in her eyes.
(b) She tells him he is handsome.
(c) She tells him she wants to sleep with him.
(d) She tells him he looks like her late husband.

4. Who accompanies Alfa's mother on her trip to Walade?
(a) Alfa.
(b) Fary Thiam.
(c) Badara Diaw.
(d) Mademba.

5. Who adopts Alfa when his mother does not return?
(a) His own aunt.
(b) Fary Thiam's family.
(c) Mademba's mother, Aminata Sarr.
(d) His grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Alfa's maternal grandfather like his own father so much?

2. What does Jean-Baptiste do with the hand he steals from Alfa?

3. What does Alfa do to preserve the hands he severs?

4. What does Alfa think Captain Armand wants to do with him in Chapter XIII?

5. How do the Germans kill Jean-Baptiste?

(see the answer key)

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