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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alfa say Mademba Diop looked like?
(a) He was strong and attractive.
(b) He was weak, small, and ugly.
(c) He was average.
(d) He was too tall to be considered handsome by western standards.

2. What tribe was Alfa's maternal grandfather from?
(a) Marka.
(b) Fenduli.
(c) Fula.
(d) Hitsu.

3. How does Alfa quickly begin to feel about the German soldier he kills in Chapter XII?
(a) He despises him.
(b) He feels nothing towards him.
(c) He pities him.
(d) He is suspicious of him.

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

5. Who accompanies Alfa's mother on her trip to Walade?
(a) Mademba.
(b) Fary Thiam.
(c) Alfa.
(d) Badara Diaw.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alfa think the Captain and his fellow soldiers hope will happen to him when he returns to the Front from the Rear?

2. Who does one of the first soldiers to go out of the trench with his hands tied call out to in his last moment?

3. What does Alfa think of his doctor, as he articulates his feelings in Chapter XVI?

4. What does Mademba ask Alfa to do for him in Part I?

5. How does Alfa think he can tell that the woman at the hospital in the Rear is attracted to him?

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