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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 29).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mademba ask Alfa to do for him in Part I?
(a) Take him home.
(b) Feed him.
(c) Pray for him.
(d) Kill him.

2. What does the voice inside Alfa's head tell him as he stayed with Mademba when Mademba was dying?
(a) Not to kill Mademba and play God.
(b) To kill Mademba.
(c) To run away and leave the war.
(d) To respect his mother's wishes and only to kill enemy soldiers.

3. What does Alfa do when a retreat is called, in the wake of Mademba's death?
(a) He retreats only after praying.
(b) He retreats at once.
(c) He retreats only after firing his gun many times.
(d) He never retreats.

4. What phrase does Afla repeat many times at the beginning of his sentences in Part I?
(a) I know, I understand.
(b) Help now.
(c) You know.
(d) Please God.

5. In Chapter III, what does Alfa think of his fellow soldiers?
(a) He thinks they are very brave.
(b) He thinks they are intelligent.
(c) He thinks they are idiots who cannot think for themselves.
(d) He does not have any opinion of them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alfa always do first to the soldiers he is going to kill?

2. What entreaty to Mademba does Alfa finish Chapter I with?

3. What forces Alfa to ignore Mademba's suffering as Mademba is dying?

4. Which of the following phrases about God does Alfa repeat throughout Part I?

5. In what way does Mademba actually die?

(see the answer key)

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