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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did people in Gandiol avoid walking at night near the river?
(a) For fear of snakes.
(b) For fear of the goddess Mame Coumba Bang.
(c) For fear of alligators.
(d) It was too cold by the water.

2. How many "traitorous" soldiers die at Captain Armand's command?
(a) 3.
(b) 9.
(c) 7.
(d) 20.

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

4. Who was the most desirable young girl in Gandiol?
(a) Henrietta Lam.
(b) Mary Bo.
(c) Penndo Hero.
(d) Fary Thiam.

5. Who was the chief of Alfa's old village?
(a) Arminata Sarr.
(b) Abdou Thiam.
(c) Davi Diop.
(d) Alfa's father.

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

7. What does Alfa think of his doctor, as he articulates his feelings in Chapter XVI?
(a) He is a good man.
(b) He might not actually be a doctor, considering how ill at ease he is around blood.
(c) He is a negligent man.
(d) He seems completely untroubled by all the wounds he has seen from the war.

8. What is the doctor's personality like?
(a) Reserved.
(b) Suspicious.
(c) Gregarious.
(d) Angry.

9. What does Alfa say on the subjects of blame and God in Chapter XII?
(a) You can not blame God for the bad things that happen to individuals in war.
(b) God tries to blame other entities for what goes wrong in war.
(c) God is to blame for all that goes on in wars.
(d) God does not even understand the concept of blame.

10. At the end of Chapter XII, how does Alfa believe his fellow soldiers look at him?
(a) As a simpleton.
(b) As a savage.
(c) As a child.
(d) As a genius.

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

12. Why does Alfa's maternal grandfather like his own father so much?
(a) Alfa's father loaned his maternal grandfather money.
(b) Alfa's father let his maternal grandfather water his herd on his land.
(c) Alfa's father saved his maternal grandfather from drowning.
(d) Alfa's father was his maternal grandfather's priest.

13. Who does Alfa think is attracted to him at the Rear?
(a) Mademoiselle Detrande.
(b) Mademoiselle Armand.
(c) Mademoiselle Henri.
(d) Mademoiselle Francois.

14. What does Alfa use to create the entity he hopes will warn people off his hiding place for the hands?
(a) A sharpened rat bone.
(b) A steel blade.
(c) A dye made from flowers.
(d) Dirt.

15. What does Alfa think of Captain Armand's treatment of the traitorous soldiers?
(a) He thinks it is just.
(b) He thinks he can put it right if he uses his own magic.
(c) He thinks it is just like what his father would have done in a similar situation.
(d) He has never seen anything so ugly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Captain Armand order the other soldiers to do with the traitorous ones?

2. Who is Alfa's maternal grandfather?

3. Why does Alfa's mother set off away from Gandiol?

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

5. What does Alfa compare his doctor to?

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