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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 119 - 145).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Fula nomads' proverb say, according to Alfa?
(a) A penny saved is a penny earned.
(b) At dawn you can already know if the day will be good or bad.
(c) Red sky at night, sailor's delight.
(d) Sometimes you bite the tiger, sometimes the tiger bites you.

2. In Chapter V, who does Alfa confess he was listening to right around the time when Mademba dies?
(a) His mother.
(b) His enemy.
(c) His father.
(d) His God.

3. Who is the leader of the revolt against Captain Armand?
(a) Mademba.
(b) Alfa.
(c) Alphonse.
(d) Jean-Baptiste.

4. How does Alfa think he can tell that the woman at the hospital in the Rear is attracted to him?
(a) By reading it in her eyes.
(b) She tells him he is handsome.
(c) She tells him he looks like her late husband.
(d) She tells him she wants to sleep with him.

5. What does Alfa do when Mademba goes to school?
(a) Build houses.
(b) Work in the fields.
(c) Study law.
(d) Carry water from the village and to the village.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What, in war, is "bravery's sister," according to Alfa?

4. What does Alfa say when Captain Armand wants to know where his severed hands are?

5. Why did Mademba want to go to war?

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