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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Alfa compare his doctor to?
(a) A village chief.
(b) A drill sergeant.
(c) A chef.
(d) A schoolmaster.

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

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

6. Who is the doctor treating Alfa at the Rear?
(a) Doctor Henri.
(b) Doctor Francois.
(c) Doctor Detrande.
(d) Doctor Armand.

7. What does Captain Armand order the other soldiers to do with the traitorous ones?
(a) Cut their hair.
(b) Tie their hands behind their backs.
(c) Cut their hands off.
(d) Cut their tongues out.

8. What does Alfa think Fary Thiam started doing before he did?
(a) Reading.
(b) Having sex.
(c) Thinking for herself.
(d) Building houses.

9. Who does one of the first soldiers to go out of the trench with his hands tied call out to in his last moment?
(a) Claire.
(b) Monique.
(c) Maronette.
(d) Odette.

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

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

12. 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 let his maternal grandfather water his herd on his land.
(c) Alfa's father was his maternal grandfather's priest.
(d) Alfa's father saved his maternal grandfather from drowning.

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

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

15. What does Alfa think of Captain Armand's treatment of the traitorous soldiers?
(a) He thinks he can put it right if he uses his own magic.
(b) He thinks it is just like what his father would have done in a similar situation.
(c) He has never seen anything so ugly.
(d) He thinks it is just.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Alfa think Mademba really felt about him?

2. What does Alfa say Mademba Diop looked like?

3. Who was the most desirable young girl in Gandiol?

4. Why does everyone smile at Alfa in the recuperation center?

5. Who does Alfa think is attracted to him at the Rear?

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