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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 say that the mad fear?
(a) Only death.
(b) Only hell.
(c) Everything.
(d) Nothing.

2. Where do the soldiers Alfa kills in the night always come out of?
(a) A kitchen.
(b) A church.
(c) A mortal-shell hole.
(d) An outhouse.

3. What is another word Alfa thinks people now think of him as, in the wake of Mademba's death?
(a) A priest.
(b) A turncoat.
(c) A demm.
(d) An imposter.

4. How does Alfa help Mademba prepare for war enough so that he will be accepted into the army?
(a) By reading him war stories.
(b) By showing him how to use a rifle.
(c) By training him with a sword and feeding him a lot of food to help him gain weight.
(d) By showing him movies of war.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Alfa's father once tell him about laughter?

2. Who is the leader of the revolt against Captain Armand?

3. Who was the chief of Alfa's old village?

4. What does Alfa say Mademba Diop looked like?

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

(see the answer key)

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