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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 wait for before trying to catch a German soldier in Chapter XII?
(a) For the moon to go behind a cloud.
(b) For their singing to stop.
(c) For his hands to stop shaking.
(d) For the soldiers to stop eating.

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

3. Why do some white soldiers say they will stop obeying the captain?
(a) They think the captain has lost the confidence of the general.
(b) The think the captain is a spy.
(c) They think his whistle signals the enemy of their approach, increasing their mortal danger.
(d) They think the captain drinks too much.

4. Who accompanies Alfa's mother on her trip to Walade?
(a) Badara Diaw.
(b) Fary Thiam.
(c) Alfa.
(d) Mademba.

5. What does Alfa claim he reeks of?
(a) Hell.
(b) Righteousness.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does everyone smile at Alfa in the recuperation center?

2. What does Alfa think his fellow soldiers prefer to think might kill them?

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

4. How old was Alfa when his mother left Gandiol?

5. Why did Mademba want to go to war?

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