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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alfa use to create the entity he hopes will warn people off his hiding place for the hands?
(a) A sharpened rat bone.
(b) A steel blade.
(c) A dye made from flowers.
(d) Dirt.

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

3. What is the first thing Mademba draws for the doctor?
(a) A self-portrait.
(b) A portrait of his mother.
(c) A portrait of Mademba.
(d) A portrait of his father.

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

5. What does Alfa think Captain Armand wants to do with him in Chapter XIII?
(a) Lock him up.
(b) Send him back to Africa.
(c) Trick him into confessing that he is a sorcerer.
(d) Promote him.

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

7. What do the soldiers seem to think about Jean-Baptiste and the hand he stole?
(a) The hand seemed to bring Jean-Baptiste magical powers, and invulnerability.
(b) No one believed he had actually stolen the hand.
(c) The hand had brought him bad luck.
(d) The hand had brought him good luck.

8. Why should soldiers not smoke in a war, according to Alfa?
(a) It helps the enemy see where the soldiers are.
(b) It is bad for morale.
(c) It is bad for their health.
(d) It uses too much lighter fluid.

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

10. When do the white soldiers suddenly decide to stop obeying Captain Armand?
(a) In the depth of winter.
(b) In the heat of summer.
(c) Between Alfa's fifth and sixth hand.
(d) In the spring, around Easter.

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

12. Which soldier does Alfa extract from the trench to kill in Chapter XII?
(a) The one who goes to the bathroom.
(b) The one who starts crying.
(c) The one who was singing the loudest.
(d) The one who stays up to smoke.

13. Why did people in Gandiol avoid walking at night near the river?
(a) It was too cold by the water.
(b) For fear of snakes.
(c) For fear of the goddess Mame Coumba Bang.
(d) For fear of alligators.

14. Where do Alfa and Mademba fantasize about living after the war?
(a) London.
(b) Saint-Louis.
(c) New York City.
(d) Paris.

15. Who is Alfa's maternal grandfather?
(a) Farmo Fa.
(b) Levo Ta.
(c) Yoro Ba.
(d) Hero Ma.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Alfa think he can tell that the woman at the hospital in the Rear is attracted to him?

2. Who is Alfa trying to avenge in Chapter XII?

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

4. Why do some white soldiers say they will stop obeying the captain?

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

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