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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 119 - 145).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose "more-than-brother" does Alfa become in the wake of Mademba's death?
(a) Death's.
(b) God's.
(c) Prayer's.
(d) Life's.

2. What does Alfa wait for before trying to catch a German soldier in Chapter XII?
(a) For his hands to stop shaking.
(b) For the soldiers to stop eating.
(c) For the moon to go behind a cloud.
(d) For their singing to stop.

3. How does the narrator describe the daughter of the vain king in Chapter XXV?
(a) Simple.
(b) Strange.
(c) Cunning.
(d) Fickle.

4. How does Captain Armand signal to his own men that an attack is about to begin?
(a) His whistle.
(b) His hand sign.
(c) His trumpet.
(d) His fingers snapping.

5. What does Alfa think his fellow soldiers prefer to think might kill them?
(a) The evil eye, not the war itself.
(b) A true friend.
(c) A real enemy.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, in war, is "bravery's sister," according to Alfa?

2. In Chapter X, what does Alfa know for sure he himself is not, even if everyone else seems to think he is?

3. What does Alfa tell himself to be careful of once he decides he is free to think what he wants?

4. Who is Alfa's best friend?

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

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