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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 Fula nomads' proverb say, according to Alfa?
(a) Red sky at night, sailor's delight.
(b) Sometimes you bite the tiger, sometimes the tiger bites you.
(c) A penny saved is a penny earned.
(d) At dawn you can already know if the day will be good or bad.

2. Why did Mademba want to go to war?
(a) He wanted to avenge his own brother's death in Europe.
(b) He wanted to earn the respect of his father, also a war veteran.
(c) He wanted to help save the "motherland," France.
(d) He wanted to earn the respect of the girl he loved in the village.

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

4. What happens to Alfa's father when Alfa's mother disappears?
(a) He burns all his own farmland.
(b) He tells Alfa to go off and make a living for himself.
(c) He ages even more rapidly.
(d) He kills himself.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alfa wait for before trying to catch a German soldier in Chapter XII?

2. How does Alfa think Captain Armand really feels about war?

3. What did Alfa's father once tell him about laughter?

4. What do the soldiers seem to think about Jean-Baptiste and the hand he stole?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Alfa think Mademoiselle Francois likes him?

6. How were Mademba and Alfa different?

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

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

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

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

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