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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. What does Alfa always do first to the soldiers he is going to kill?
(a) Knock them unconscious.
(b) Cut off their feet first.
(c) Slit their throats immediately.
(d) Disarm, gag, and then tie their hands behind their backs.

2. What does Alfa suspect about Seck's translation of Captain Armand's directions to Alfa?
(a) Seck does not really speak Alfa's language very well.
(b) Seck does not really speak the Captain's langauge very well.
(c) Seck is leaving out some things Captain Armand is saying.
(d) Seck is translating word for word.

3. Who is Alfa's only real white friend among his fellow soldiers?
(a) Jean-Luc.
(b) Ibrahima.
(c) Roland.
(d) Jean-Baptiste.

4. What entreaty to Mademba does Alfa finish Chapter I with?
(a) He asks Mademba to avenge him.
(b) He asks Mademba to forgive him.
(c) He asks Mademba to tell his mother he loves her if he sees her in heaven.
(d) He asks Mademba to pray for him.

5. How does Alfa quickly begin to feel about the German soldier he kills in Chapter XII?
(a) He feels nothing towards him.
(b) He is suspicious of him.
(c) He despises him.
(d) He pities him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Alfa often kill the enemy soldiers in Chapter III?

2. Who gives the daughter the means to save herself in the story in Chapter XXV?

3. What happens when Alfa is disposing of the severed hands?

4. What does Alfa think Fary Thiam started doing before he did?

5. What does Alfa imagine the Germans did for the person who killed Jean-Baptiste?

(see the answer key)

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