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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the chief of Alfa's old village?
(a) Davi Diop.
(b) Alfa's father.
(c) Abdou Thiam.
(d) Arminata Sarr.

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

3. What does the doctor have Alfa and the others do to help them through their trauma?
(a) Sing.
(b) Watch television.
(c) Draw.
(d) Dance.

4. What language did Mademba know how to speak that Alfa does not know how to speak?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Spanish.
(c) French.
(d) Russian.

5. Why does everyone smile at Alfa in the recuperation center?
(a) They think is hair is funny.
(b) He smiles at them first.
(c) They are afraid of him.
(d) They like his jokes.

6. What does Alfa wait for before trying to catch a German soldier in Chapter XII?
(a) For the moon to go behind a cloud.
(b) For his hands to stop shaking.
(c) For their singing to stop.
(d) For the soldiers to stop eating.

7. How does Afla store the hands he has severed?
(a) Just as they were when he took them from the bodies.
(b) In formaldehyde.
(c) Dried and wrapped in cloth.
(d) In vinegar.

8. Who accompanies Alfa's mother on her trip to Walade?
(a) Mademba.
(b) Fary Thiam.
(c) Alfa.
(d) Badara Diaw.

9. Who does Alfa think is attracted to him at the Rear?
(a) Mademoiselle Armand.
(b) Mademoiselle Henri.
(c) Mademoiselle Francois.
(d) Mademoiselle Detrande.

10. What slang term do Alfa's fellow soldiers use for the Germans?
(a) Kids.
(b) Aryans.
(c) Krauts.
(d) Jerrys.

11. 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.

12. What does Alfa put on the trunk where he keeps the severed hands to keep people out of it?
(a) A totem.
(b) A talisman.
(c) A smear of tar.
(d) A knife.

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

14. How does Alfa think Captain Armand really feels about war?
(a) He loves it.
(b) He looks at it as just a job.
(c) He abhors it.
(d) He looks at it as his destiny because all the men in his family were soldiers too.

15. What does Alfa compare his doctor to?
(a) A drill sergeant.
(b) A chef.
(c) A village chief.
(d) A schoolmaster.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Alfa when his mother left Gandiol?

2. Who does one of the first soldiers to go out of the trench with his hands tied call out to in his last moment?

3. Why did people in Gandiol avoid walking at night near the river?

4. Which soldier does Alfa extract from the trench to kill in Chapter XII?

5. What does Captain Armand order the other soldiers to do with the traitorous ones?

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