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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. What does the voice inside Alfa's head tell him as he stayed with Mademba when Mademba was dying?
(a) To respect his mother's wishes and only to kill enemy soldiers.
(b) To kill Mademba.
(c) Not to kill Mademba and play God.
(d) To run away and leave the war.

2. In Chapter V, who does Alfa confess he was listening to right around the time when Mademba dies?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His God.
(d) His enemy.

3. What does Captain Armand tell Alfa that he needs in Part II?
(a) Better food.
(b) Rest.
(c) Water.
(d) Prayer.

4. How do the other soldiers react to Alfa when he comes back to the trench in Chapter II?
(a) They welcome him as a hero.
(b) They tell him he should have left Mademba's body behind.
(c) They say a prayer for him.
(d) They shun him.

5. How do Alfa's fellow soldiers react when he brings his first few "trophies" back?
(a) They are indifferent to him.
(b) They are pleased with him.
(c) They shun him.
(d) They write letters to his mother about him, concerned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alfa do with Mademba's body after he dies?

2. Why are the fires the men make in the trenches so small?

3. What color eyes do Alfa's enemy soldiers always have?

4. When do Alfa's trenchmates begin to really fear him?

5. What is the Ndiaye totem?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Alfa think the mad are useful on the battlefield?

2. Why does Jean-Baptiste decide to goad the enemy into killing him?

3. What changes between Alfa and the rest of the soldiers after Jean-Baptiste's death?

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

5. What does Captain Armand want Alfa to do in Part II?

6. How does Alfa repeatedly refer to Mademba in the narration?

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

8. What does Afla think of the trenches as when he takes Mademba back there with him following Mademba's death?

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

10. What is Alfa's relationship with Jean-Baptiste?

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