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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 30 - 58).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Alfa missing one of his hands?
(a) He lost one when he was running.
(b) He buried one and forgot where it was buried.
(c) He gave one as an offering to his sorcerer mentor.
(d) Due to a prank from a soldier-friend, Jean-Baptiste.

2. How does Alfa repeatedly refer to Mademba Diop?
(a) My more-than-brother.
(b) My soul mate.
(c) My cousin.
(d) My nemesis.

3. Who translates the words of Captain Armand for Alfa?
(a) Horatio.
(b) Mademba.
(c) Ibrahima Seck.
(d) Jean-Baptiste.

4. What entreaty to Mademba does Alfa finish Chapter I with?
(a) He asks Mademba to avenge him.
(b) He asks Mademba to tell his mother he loves her if he sees her in heaven.
(c) He asks Mademba to pray for him.
(d) He asks Mademba to forgive him.

5. What is another word Alfa thinks people now think of him as, in the wake of Mademba's death?
(a) An imposter.
(b) A demm.
(c) A turncoat.
(d) A priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Diop totem?

2. Why was it particularly dangerous for Alfa to do what he did with Mademba's body in Chapter II?

3. What does Alfa do to the soldiers that he believes make them think he is about to rape them?

4. How do Alfa's fellow soldiers react when he brings his first few "trophies" back?

5. Who wrote, "We embraced each other by our names?"

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