View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 89 - 118).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Alfa's best friend?
(a) Jean-Baptiste.
(b) Captain Armand.
(c) Moby.
(d) Mademba Diop.

2. What slang term do Alfa's fellow soldiers use for the Germans?
(a) Krauts.
(b) Aryans.
(c) Jerrys.
(d) Kids.

3. How old was Alfa when his mother left Gandiol?
(a) 9.
(b) 18.
(c) 3.
(d) 14.

4. How does Alfa help Mademba prepare for war enough so that he will be accepted into the army?
(a) By showing him how to use a rifle.
(b) By training him with a sword and feeding him a lot of food to help him gain weight.
(c) By reading him war stories.
(d) By showing him movies of war.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alfa understand that Captain Armand wants on the battlefield, but not back in the trenches?

2. What forces Alfa to ignore Mademba's suffering as Mademba is dying?

3. What does Alfa think the war has done to him in Chapter XIV?

4. What does Alfa think Fary Thiam started doing before he did?

5. Where does Alfa get the idea of how to preserve his severed hands?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 290 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample