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

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

3. When do the white soldiers suddenly decide to stop obeying Captain Armand?
(a) In the heat of summer.
(b) In the depth of winter.
(c) Between Alfa's fifth and sixth hand.
(d) In the spring, around Easter.

4. Why does everyone smile at Alfa in the recuperation center?
(a) They are afraid of him.
(b) They like his jokes.
(c) He smiles at them first.
(d) They think is hair is funny.

5. Who is Alfa trying to avenge in Chapter XII?
(a) His sister.
(b) Jean-Baptiste.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Afla store the hands he has severed?

2. Where does Alfa get the idea of how to preserve his severed hands?

3. In Chapter XI, what does Jean-Baptiste become that eventually leads to his death?

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

5. How does Alfa help Mademba prepare for war enough so that he will be accepted into the army?

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