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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. Why does Alfa ask Mademba to describe the soldier who stabbed him?
(a) Alfa wants to kill the soldier.
(b) Alfa wants to take the soldier's picture.
(c) Alfa wants to report the soldier.
(d) Alfa wants to cast a spell on the soldier.

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

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

4. What is the first thing Mademba draws for the doctor?
(a) A portrait of his mother.
(b) A self-portrait.
(c) A portrait of his father.
(d) A portrait of Mademba.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What work of Cheikh Hamidou Kane's does Diop reference in the beginning of Part I?

2. How far away do his fellow soldiers begin staying from Alfa?

3. Who is Alfa's only real white friend among his fellow soldiers?

4. What does Alfa always come back to the trenches with after Mademba dies?

5. What do the villagers believe happened to Alfa's mother on her journey?

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