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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Captain Armand tell the traitorous soldiers they can have if they put themselves over the top of the trench to be killed by the enemy?
(a) A military pension.
(b) A Purple Heart.
(c) A new pair of boots for each of their children.
(d) A new helmet to be sent to their sons.

2. How many "traitorous" soldiers die at Captain Armand's command?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 9.
(d) 20.

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

4. What alias does Alfa jokingly suggest to Mademba that Mademba could use if he became a wrestler?
(a) Hulk.
(b) Turtledove Chest.
(c) Solitary Lion.
(d) Peacock.

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

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

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

8. How does Alfa think he can tell that the woman at the hospital in the Rear is attracted to him?
(a) She tells him he looks like her late husband.
(b) By reading it in her eyes.
(c) She tells him she wants to sleep with him.
(d) She tells him he is handsome.

9. What does Alfa think the Captain and his fellow soldiers hope will happen to him when he returns to the Front from the Rear?
(a) The Germans will kill him.
(b) He will kill himself.
(c) He will be taken by another sorcerer.
(d) He will decide to desert the army.

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

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

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

13. How does Alfa think Mademba really felt about him?
(a) He thinks Mademba hated Alfa with all his might, and tried to get him killed in the war.
(b) He thinks Mademba loved and envied him at the same time.
(c) He thinks Mademba really did not like him, but pretended that he did.
(d) He thinks Mademba resented Alfa for wanting to marry Mademba's sister.

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

15. What does Alfa think about his own physical appearance?
(a) He is average-looking.
(b) He is weak and not attractive.
(c) He is too short to be considered attractive by western standards, but he is attractive in his own village.
(d) He is strong and handsome.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mademba's father?

2. Who is the doctor treating Alfa at the Rear?

3. What does Alfa compare his doctor to?

4. In Chapter XVII, who does Alfa briefly fantasize about visiting revenge on for what happened to his mother?

5. In Chapter XIV, how does Alfa feel about being in the Rear?

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