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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. What does Alfa think about the owner of the fourth hand that he kills?
2. What tribe was Alfa's maternal grandfather from?
3. How does Alfa think Mademba really felt about him?
4. What does Alfa say Mademba Diop looked like?
5. What does Captain Armand order the other soldiers to do with the traitorous ones?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Alfa bring to the hospital with him, and why?
2. How were Mademba and Alfa different?
3. Why does Penndo Ba leave Alfa's father?
4. What does Alfa think his fellow soldiers think of his intellect?
5. What does Captain Armand do when the soldiers disobey him?
6. Why does Captain Armand tell Alfa he looked the other way at first when Alfa brought the severed hands back?
7. What is the first thing Alfa draws for the doctor?
8. What does Alfa come to believe about God's role in what happens in war in Part III?
9. What happens to Alfa's father when Penndo Ba fails to return?
10. What did Alfa do to try to catch the person who killed his friend Jean-Baptiste?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Judging from Alfa's own experiences in Gandiol, what is the reader's impression about the treatment of women in the culture in which he was raised? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
How does Alfa get along with his fellow soldiers, both white and black, during his time in the trenches? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
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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