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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Alfa think Captain Armand sees him?
(a) As someone to be feared because of his powers of sorcery.
(b) As someone who could spoil all his ambitions in the war.
(c) As someone who should never have left his job as a coal miner.
(d) As someone who could help him win the war in the right circumstances.

2. Why does Alfa's maternal grandfather like his own father so much?
(a) Alfa's father loaned his maternal grandfather money.
(b) Alfa's father saved his maternal grandfather from drowning.
(c) Alfa's father was his maternal grandfather's priest.
(d) Alfa's father let his maternal grandfather water his herd on his land.

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

4. Who is the leader of the revolt against Captain Armand?
(a) Mademba.
(b) Jean-Baptiste.
(c) Alfa.
(d) Alphonse.

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

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

7. How does Alfa quickly begin to feel about the German soldier he kills in Chapter XII?
(a) He pities him.
(b) He feels nothing towards him.
(c) He despises him.
(d) He is suspicious of him.

8. 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.

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

10. Why do some white soldiers say they will stop obeying the captain?
(a) They think the captain drinks too much.
(b) They think the captain has lost the confidence of the general.
(c) The think the captain is a spy.
(d) They think his whistle signals the enemy of their approach, increasing their mortal danger.

11. Who does Alfa lose his virginity to?
(a) Penndo Hero.
(b) Fary Thiam.
(c) Mademoiselle Henri.
(d) Mary Ba.

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

13. What does Alfa think of his doctor, as he articulates his feelings in Chapter XVI?
(a) He is a negligent man.
(b) He might not actually be a doctor, considering how ill at ease he is around blood.
(c) He seems completely untroubled by all the wounds he has seen from the war.
(d) He is a good man.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mademba's father?

2. How does Alfa describe his mother's and father's relationship?

3. What does Alfa think about his own physical appearance?

4. What does Alfa compare his extraction of a German soldier from his trench in Part XII to?

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

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