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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 do the villagers believe happened to Alfa's mother on her journey?
(a) She died of thirst.
(b) She was kidnapped by slave traders.
(c) She drowned.
(d) She was killed by robbers.

2. How does Afla store the hands he has severed?
(a) In vinegar.
(b) Dried and wrapped in cloth.
(c) Just as they were when he took them from the bodies.
(d) In formaldehyde.

3. What does Alfa think the seven hands do?
(a) Continue to hold up the guilt of the enemy.
(b) Speak, confessing to "all his judges."
(c) Make it so that Mademba's soul can return.
(d) Fade away as if the murders never happened.

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 hero.
(c) Made him a coward.
(d) Made him a sorcerer.

5. Who was the chief of Alfa's old village?
(a) Abdou Thiam.
(b) Arminata Sarr.
(c) Alfa's father.
(d) Davi Diop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Captain Armand tell Alfa that he needs in Part II?

2. What does Alfa do with the severed hands in the recuperation center?

3. What do wrestlers and warriors have, according to the narrator?

4. Why should soldiers not smoke in a war, according to Alfa?

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

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