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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 89 - 118).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where do Alfa and Mademba fantasize about living after the war?
(a) New York City.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) Saint-Louis.

3. What does Alfa compare his extraction of a German soldier from his trench in Part XII to?
(a) Extracting a fish from the river.
(b) Extracting a seed from a pod.
(c) Extracting a rabbit from a hole.
(d) Extracting a tiny baby from his mother's belly.

4. What is the Ndiaye totem?
(a) A lion.
(b) An alligator.
(c) A peacock.
(d) An elephant.

5. What rumor begins to spread about Alfa in Chapter VI?
(a) That he is a God.
(b) That he is the wealthy son of a businessman.
(c) That he is a sorcerer.
(d) That he is an imposter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Fula nomads' proverb say, according to Alfa?

2. What does Alfa admit to himself that he does in Chapter XII in order to try to get his revenge?

3. Who does Alfa lose his virginity to?

4. In Chapter X, what does Alfa know for sure he himself is not, even if everyone else seems to think he is?

5. What does Mademba ask Alfa to do for him in Part I?

(see the answer key)

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