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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter V, who does Alfa confess he was listening to right around the time when Mademba dies?
2. Why does Alfa ask Mademba to describe the soldier who stabbed him?
3. Which of the following phrases about God does Alfa repeat throughout Part I?
4. Why does Mademba leave before the others on the day he dies?
5. How does Alfa sometimes refer to himself in Part II?
Short Essay Questions
1. What phrase does Alfa Ndiaye begin repeating immediately in Part I?
2. What does Alfa think about his fellow soldiers and his perceptions of who is really is in Part I?
3. Why does Alfa not want to reveal where he is hiding the severed hands of the Germans to Captain Armand?
4. What changes between Alfa and the rest of the soldiers after Jean-Baptiste's death?
5. What was the purpose of the joking relationship between Alfa and Mademba?
6. How does Alfa always kill the German soldiers he kills after Mademba's death?
7. What does Afla think of the trenches as when he takes Mademba back there with him following Mademba's death?
8. What does Alfa notice about Ibrahima Sack's translations for Captain Armand to Alfa in Part II?
9. Why does Alfa receive the Croix de Guerre, a medal of honor?
10. What does Alfa begin to understand that his fellow soldiers think he is?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What are Alfa's feelings and beliefs about the relationship between sex, losing one's virginity, and manhood? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
Why does Alfa rape Mademoiselle Francois, and what tragic series of events leads up to this act of violence? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
How does Alfa's father change after the disappearance of Alfa's mother? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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