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

2. What language did Mademba know how to speak that Alfa does not know how to speak?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Chinese.
(c) French.
(d) Russian.

3. What tribe was Alfa's maternal grandfather from?
(a) Fenduli.
(b) Marka.
(c) Hitsu.
(d) Fula.

4. What did Alfa's father once tell him about laughter?
(a) Only children and fools laugh without reason.
(b) Laughter is God's medicine.
(c) Laughter does not do anyone any good.
(d) You can laugh with someone, but not at someone.

5. 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 tongues out.
(d) Cut their hands off.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alfa use to create the entity he hopes will warn people off his hiding place for the hands?

2. What does Alfa remember about the night he lost his virginity to Fary Thiam?

3. What did people in Gandiol sometimes tell Mademba about Alfa?

4. Who is Alfa's maternal grandfather?

5. What does Alfa say when Captain Armand wants to know where his severed hands are?

Short Essay Questions

1. What method does Doctor Francois use to help patients work through their trauma?

2. What is one convention of romantic relationships in Gandiol?

3. What happens to Alfa's father when Penndo Ba fails to return?

4. What is the first thing Alfa draws for the doctor?

5. What does Captain Armand do when the soldiers disobey him?

6. Why does Penndo Ba leave Alfa's father?

7. Why does Captain Armand tell Alfa he looked the other way at first when Alfa brought the severed hands back?

8. What does Alfa think the war has done to him, as he explains in Part III?

9. What does Alfa think his fellow soldiers think of his intellect?

10. What does Alfa bring to the hospital with him, and why?

(see the answer keys)

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