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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 119 - 145).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Alfa describe his mother's and father's relationship?
(a) His mother was his father's fourth and final wife.
(b) His father and mother never got along.
(c) His mother was his father's second cousin.
(d) His mother was his father's first and only love.

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

3. Why does everyone smile at Alfa in the recuperation center?
(a) They like his jokes.
(b) They are afraid of him.
(c) He smiles at them first.
(d) They think is hair is funny.

4. Whose "more-than-brother" does Alfa become in the wake of Mademba's death?
(a) Death's.
(b) Life's.
(c) Prayer's.
(d) God's.

5. Who challenges the village chief when the chief wants Gandiol to only grow one crop?
(a) Alfa's father.
(b) Mademba's mother.
(c) Mademba's father.
(d) Alfa's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What medal is Alfa told he will be awarded in Part II?

2. What term does Alfa's unit use to refer to Black soldiers?

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

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

5. Which of the following phrases about God does Alfa repeat throughout Part I?

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