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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 59 - 88).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alfa say Mademba Diop looked like?
(a) He was strong and attractive.
(b) He was weak, small, and ugly.
(c) He was average.
(d) He was too tall to be considered handsome by western standards.

2. What did people in Gandiol sometimes tell Mademba about Alfa?
(a) He was from an honorable family.
(b) He was disgraced because of what his mother had done.
(c) He was a demm, consuming all of Mademba's strength for himself.
(d) He would make a lot of money someday, and Mademba should keep Alfa on his side for this reason.

3. What work of Cheikh Hamidou Kane's does Diop reference in the beginning of Part I?
(a) Space Fields.
(b) Ambiguous Adventure.
(c) Reynard.
(d) Marmoset.

4. What does Alfa think about his own physical appearance?
(a) He is weak and not attractive.
(b) He is strong and handsome.
(c) He is average-looking.
(d) He is too short to be considered attractive by western standards, but he is attractive in his own village.

5. Which soldier does Alfa extract from the trench to kill in Chapter XII?
(a) The one who was singing the loudest.
(b) The one who stays up to smoke.
(c) The one who starts crying.
(d) The one who goes to the bathroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Alfa describe Captain Armand physically?

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

3. How does Alfa think Mademba really felt about him?

4. Who does Alfa believe his thoughts belong to?

5. What does Alfa claim he reeks of?

(see the answer key)

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