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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 Alfa think the war has done to him in Chapter XIV?
(a) Made him a coward.
(b) Made him grow up all at once.
(c) Made him a hero.
(d) Made him a sorcerer.

2. How does Alfa think Captain Armand really feels about war?
(a) He abhors it.
(b) He loves it.
(c) He looks at it as just a job.
(d) He looks at it as his destiny because all the men in his family were soldiers too.

3. Where do Alfa and Mademba fantasize about living after the war?
(a) New York City.
(b) Paris.
(c) Saint-Louis.
(d) London.

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

5. How does Alfa quickly begin to feel about the German soldier he kills in Chapter XII?
(a) He pities him.
(b) He feels nothing towards him.
(c) He despises him.
(d) He is suspicious of him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why should soldiers not smoke in a war, according to Alfa?

2. What does Alfa admit to himself that he does in Chapter XII in order to try to get his revenge?

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

4. Why did people in Gandiol avoid walking at night near the river?

5. How many "traitorous" soldiers die at Captain Armand's command?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the relationship between Penndo Ba and Alfa's father like?

3. Why does Alfa suspect his father lets him be adopted by another family?

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

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

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

7. What are the circumstances of Alfa's first sexual experience with a woman?

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

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

10. What did Alfa do to try to catch the person who killed his friend Jean-Baptiste?

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