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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 Alfa think the Captain and his fellow soldiers hope will happen to him when he returns to the Front from the Rear?
(a) He will be taken by another sorcerer.
(b) The Germans will kill him.
(c) He will kill himself.
(d) He will decide to desert the army.

2. Where does Alfa get the idea of how to preserve his severed hands?
(a) From the dried meat they eat in the trenches.
(b) From how they dried fish in his village, Gandiol.
(c) From the tobacco leaves all the other soldiers hang from the rafters.
(d) From the dried sheep his first wife taught him how to cure.

3. What did the chief of Alfa's old village once propose that the village grow exclusively?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Peanuts.
(c) Corn.
(d) Soybeans.

4. What does Alfa compare his doctor to?
(a) A schoolmaster.
(b) A drill sergeant.
(c) A chef.
(d) A village chief.

5. Who is Alfa's maternal grandfather?
(a) Hero Ma.
(b) Yoro Ba.
(c) Levo Ta.
(d) Farmo Fa.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Alfa think about his own physical appearance?

3. What does Alfa hear the night he approaches the German trenches to avenge Jean-Baptiste's death?

4. In Chapter XVII, who does Alfa briefly fantasize about visiting revenge on for what happened to his mother?

5. What does the voice inside Alfa's head tell him about his role in Mademba's death that continues to haunt him?

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