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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 happens to Alfa's father when Alfa's mother disappears?
(a) He ages even more rapidly.
(b) He kills himself.
(c) He burns all his own farmland.
(d) He tells Alfa to go off and make a living for himself.

2. In what way does Mademba actually die?
(a) He is shot by one of his own infantrymen.
(b) A German soldier hangs him.
(c) A German soldier shoots him.
(d) A German solder disembowels him.

3. What does Alfa think "the Captain's France" requires of him and other Black soldiers?
(a) For them to eat as much as possible.
(b) For them to write a lot of letters home telling their people everything is OK.
(c) For them to "play the savage" when it is required of them.
(d) For them to go first and into the most dangerous territory in battle.

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

5. What is the doctor's personality like?
(a) Gregarious.
(b) Angry.
(c) Suspicious.
(d) Reserved.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another word Alfa thinks people now think of him as, in the wake of Mademba's death?

2. Why does Alfa's mother set off away from Gandiol?

3. Where does Alfa often kill the enemy soldiers in Chapter III?

4. What does Alfa do with Mademba's body after he dies?

5. Who is Alfa's maternal grandfather?

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