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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 Fula nomads' proverb say, according to Alfa?
(a) Sometimes you bite the tiger, sometimes the tiger bites you.
(b) A penny saved is a penny earned.
(c) At dawn you can already know if the day will be good or bad.
(d) Red sky at night, sailor's delight.

2. Who is Alfa trying to avenge in Chapter XII?
(a) Jean-Baptiste.
(b) His mother.
(c) His sister.
(d) His father.

3. What does Alfa think about the owner of the fourth hand that he kills?
(a) He seems as if he has brutality in him.
(b) He is probably the one who killed Mademba.
(c) He is probably the one who killed Jean-Baptiste.
(d) He seems like a "good boy," an innocent.

4. What does Alfa think the war has done to him in Chapter XIV?
(a) Made him grow up all at once.
(b) Made him a coward.
(c) Made him a hero.
(d) Made him a sorcerer.

5. How does Alfa describe Captain Armand physically?
(a) He is a small man with peaceful eyes.
(b) He is an average man with nondescript eyes.
(c) He is a small man with eyes that look enraged.
(d) He is a large man with calm eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Alfa think is attracted to him at the Rear?

2. What do the soldiers seem to think about Jean-Baptiste and the hand he stole?

3. What slang term do Alfa's fellow soldiers use for the Germans?

4. What does Alfa compare his extraction of a German soldier from his trench in Part XII to?

5. Who carries Afla's mother in the canoe part of the way on her journey?

(see the answer key)

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