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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. How does Alfa describe his mother's and father's relationship?
(a) His father and mother never got along.
(b) His mother was his father's fourth and final wife.
(c) His mother was his father's first and only love.
(d) His mother was his father's second cousin.

2. Who adopts Alfa when his mother does not return?
(a) His own aunt.
(b) Fary Thiam's family.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) Mademba's mother, Aminata Sarr.

3. How do the Germans kill Jean-Baptiste?
(a) They hang him.
(b) They stab him.
(c) They shoot his head clean off.
(d) They run over him with a tank.

4. Why does Mademba leave before the others on the day he dies?
(a) Alfa tells him he will run faster than he can.
(b) Alfa tells him he is about to run away and desert the war.
(c) Alfa teases him about his totem.
(d) Alfa tells him he is sick.

5. Why does Alfa's mother set off away from Gandiol?
(a) To find her long-lost sister.
(b) To find out what happened to her father and brothers.
(c) To find her other child, who she has not seen in years.
(d) To find her own mother, who has gone missing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote, "We embraced each other by our names?"

2. Why did Mademba want to go to war?

3. Who is Alfa's best friend?

4. What is a totem, according to Alfa?

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

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