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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. How does the narrator describe the daughter of the vain king in Chapter XXV?
(a) Fickle.
(b) Strange.
(c) Simple.
(d) Cunning.

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

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

4. Why do the soldiers in Alfa's unit laugh when he sings?
(a) He sings beautifully, and they are embarrassed.
(b) He sings off-key.
(c) He sings in French.
(d) He sings in a high voice.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Alfa think Fary sleeps with him before he goes to war?

2. Who does Alfa think are the truly brave?

3. Who is the first love of Alfa's?

4. What is the third thing Alfa draws for the doctor?

5. What does Alfa think Fary Thiam started doing before he did?

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