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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far away do his fellow soldiers begin staying from Alfa?
(a) Nine leagues.
(b) Two fields' length.
(c) Ten large steps.
(d) Six meters.

2. Who is Alfa's best friend?
(a) Mademba Diop.
(b) Moby.
(c) Jean-Baptiste.
(d) Captain Armand.

3. What is the Diop totem?
(a) A peacock.
(b) An elephant.
(c) A panther.
(d) An alligator.

4. What does Alfa think of himself in Chapter III when he "leaves the belly of the earth"?
(a) He makes himself a little inhuman.
(b) He becomes like a snake.
(c) He becomes like a peacock.
(d) He calls on his sorcerer ancestors and becomes like a sorcerer.

5. What does the voice inside Alfa's head tell him about his role in Mademba's death that continues to haunt him?
(a) He is going to have to pray very hard to redeem himself.
(b) He is going to hell himself.
(c) He is responsible for Mademba's death by mocking Mademba's totem.
(d) He is going to have to kill many men to make up for Mademba's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes a major change in Jean-Baptiste?

2. Why was it particularly dangerous for Alfa to do what he did with Mademba's body in Chapter II?

3. When does Alfa always kill the enemy soldiers he kills?

4. How does Alfa always kill the enemy soldiers?

5. What does Alfa think "the Captain's France" requires of him and other Black soldiers?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mademba Diop die?

2. What does Alfa often see in his enemy's eyes before he kills him?

3. What was the purpose of the joking relationship between Alfa and Mademba?

4. How does Alfa always kill the German soldiers he kills after Mademba's death?

5. Why does Alfa feel almost entirely responsible for Mademba's death?

6. Why does Alfa receive the Croix de Guerre, a medal of honor?

7. Why does Alfa not want to reveal where he is hiding the severed hands of the Germans to Captain Armand?

8. What does Alfa suspect about Sack's translation to him from Captain Armand?

9. Why does Alfa think both the Germans and his own allied soldiers flee from him?

10. What does Alfa begin to understand that his fellow soldiers think he is?

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