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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 Captain Armand tell the traitorous soldiers they can have if they put themselves over the top of the trench to be killed by the enemy?
(a) A Purple Heart.
(b) A new helmet to be sent to their sons.
(c) A new pair of boots for each of their children.
(d) A military pension.

2. What alias does Alfa jokingly suggest to Mademba that Mademba could use if he became a wrestler?
(a) Turtledove Chest.
(b) Peacock.
(c) Hulk.
(d) Solitary Lion.

3. Why does Alfa's mother set off away from Gandiol?
(a) To find her other child, who she has not seen in years.
(b) To find out what happened to her father and brothers.
(c) To find her own mother, who has gone missing.
(d) To find her long-lost sister.

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

5. Who is Mademba's father?
(a) Davi Diop.
(b) Sire Diop.
(c) Marshall Diop.
(d) Harvre Diop.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to Alfa's father when Alfa's mother disappears?

3. What does Alfa think Fary Thiam started doing before he did?

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

5. What does Alfa think the Captain and his fellow soldiers hope will happen to him when he returns to the Front from the Rear?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Afla think he wins over Doctor Francois at the hospital?

2. Who takes Alfa in after his mother leaves and fails to return?

3. Why does Alfa suspect his father did not let him go with Penndo Ba when she left?

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

5. What does Alfa come to believe about God's role in what happens in war in Part III?

6. Why do the soldiers in Alfa's unit decide to disobey Captain Armand in Part III?

7. What does Alfa do to make sure no one finds his severed hands?

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

9. Why does everyone think Penndo Ba never returned to Gandiol?

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

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