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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the villagers believe happened to Alfa's mother on her journey?
(a) She was killed by robbers.
(b) She died of thirst.
(c) She was kidnapped by slave traders.
(d) She drowned.

3. How old were Alfa and Fary when they had their sexual encounter?
(a) 20.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

4. What does Alfa remember about the night he lost his virginity to Fary Thiam?
(a) It was a full moon.
(b) It was very gold.
(c) It was the solstice.
(d) There was a lunar eclipse.

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

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 the soldiers to stop eating.
(c) For their singing to stop.
(d) For his hands to stop shaking.

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

8. What does Alfa think the war has done to him in Chapter XIV?
(a) Made him a sorcerer.
(b) Made him a coward.
(c) Made him a hero.
(d) Made him grow up all at once.

9. 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) The hand had brought him good luck.
(c) The hand had brought him bad luck.
(d) No one believed he had actually stolen the hand.

10. Who carries Afla's mother in the canoe part of the way on her journey?
(a) Mademba.
(b) Yoro Ba.
(c) Fary Thiam.
(d) Ndiaga.

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

12. Why did Mademba want to go to war?
(a) He wanted to avenge his own brother's death in Europe.
(b) He wanted to help save the "motherland," France.
(c) He wanted to earn the respect of the girl he loved in the village.
(d) He wanted to earn the respect of his father, also a war veteran.

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

14. What does Alfa admit to himself that he does in Chapter XII in order to try to get his revenge?
(a) Eats too much.
(b) Injures himself badly.
(c) Sings too loudly.
(d) Takes many risks.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing Mademba draws for the doctor?

2. What did the chief of Alfa's old village once propose that the village grow exclusively?

3. What does Alfa think the Captain and his fellow soldiers hope will happen to him when he returns to the Front from the Rear?

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

5. What is the doctor's personality like?

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