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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 say Mademba Diop looked like?
(a) He was average.
(b) He was too tall to be considered handsome by western standards.
(c) He was weak, small, and ugly.
(d) He was strong and attractive.

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

3. What does Alfa think is necessary on the battlefield, as he narrates in Chapter VI?
(a) Prayer.
(b) Madness.
(c) Food.
(d) Empathy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alfa think of his doctor, as he articulates his feelings in Chapter XVI?

2. Who accompanies Alfa's mother on her trip to Walade?

3. What entreaty to Mademba does Alfa finish Chapter I with?

4. In Chapter XIV, how does Alfa feel about being in the Rear?

5. What does Alfa think the war has done to him in Chapter XIV?

(see the answer key)

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