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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Alfa describe Captain Armand physically?
(a) He is a small man with peaceful eyes.
(b) He is a large man with calm eyes.
(c) He is a small man with eyes that look enraged.
(d) He is an average man with nondescript eyes.

2. What is the second drawing Alfa makes for the doctor?
(a) Mademba.
(b) Fary Thiam.
(c) His father.
(d) Jean-Baptiste.

3. What term does Alfa use to describe all the white soldiers?
(a) Timpand.
(b) Tirald.
(c) Toubab.
(d) Armand.

4. What does Alfa say when Captain Armand wants to know where his severed hands are?
(a) He says he bartered them.
(b) He says God took them because he was unhappy with Alfa.
(c) He says he buried them and does not remember where they are.
(d) He says he lost them.

5. Who is the first love of Alfa's?
(a) Fary Thiam.
(b) Rilo Meto.
(c) Penndo Hero.
(d) Mary Ba.

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

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

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

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

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

11. In Chapter XIV, how does Alfa feel about being in the Rear?
(a) At ease.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Angry.
(d) Suspicious.

12. How does Alfa help Mademba prepare for war enough so that he will be accepted into the army?
(a) By training him with a sword and feeding him a lot of food to help him gain weight.
(b) By showing him movies of war.
(c) By reading him war stories.
(d) By showing him how to use a rifle.

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

14. What does Alfa suspect about Seck's translation of Captain Armand's directions to Alfa?
(a) Seck does not really speak the Captain's langauge very well.
(b) Seck is leaving out some things Captain Armand is saying.
(c) Seck is translating word for word.
(d) Seck does not really speak Alfa's language very well.

15. 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 looks at it as his destiny because all the men in his family were soldiers too.
(d) He abhors it.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter XII, how does Alfa believe his fellow soldiers look at him?

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

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

4. What does Alfa think Captain Armand wants to do with him in Chapter XIII?

5. What do the villagers believe happened to Alfa's mother on her journey?

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