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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Captain Armand order the other soldiers to do with the traitorous ones?
(a) Tie their hands behind their backs.
(b) Cut their hair.
(c) Cut their tongues out.
(d) Cut their hands off.

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

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

4. How does Afla store the hands he has severed?
(a) In formaldehyde.
(b) Dried and wrapped in cloth.
(c) Just as they were when he took them from the bodies.
(d) In vinegar.

5. Why do some white soldiers say they will stop obeying the captain?
(a) The think the captain is a spy.
(b) They think the captain has lost the confidence of the general.
(c) They think his whistle signals the enemy of their approach, increasing their mortal danger.
(d) They think the captain drinks too much.

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

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

8. What does Alfa think Captain Armand wants to do with him in Chapter XIII?
(a) Lock him up.
(b) Promote him.
(c) Send him back to Africa.
(d) Trick him into confessing that he is a sorcerer.

9. When do the white soldiers suddenly decide to stop obeying Captain Armand?
(a) Between Alfa's fifth and sixth hand.
(b) In the heat of summer.
(c) In the depth of winter.
(d) In the spring, around Easter.

10. Which soldier does Alfa extract from the trench to kill in Chapter XII?
(a) The one who starts crying.
(b) The one who goes to the bathroom.
(c) The one who was singing the loudest.
(d) The one who stays up to smoke.

11. What happens to Alfa's father when Alfa's mother disappears?
(a) He tells Alfa to go off and make a living for himself.
(b) He burns all his own farmland.
(c) He ages even more rapidly.
(d) He kills himself.

12. Who is Alfa trying to avenge in Chapter XII?
(a) His mother.
(b) His sister.
(c) His father.
(d) Jean-Baptiste.

13. Who does one of the first soldiers to go out of the trench with his hands tied call out to in his last moment?
(a) Maronette.
(b) Odette.
(c) Claire.
(d) Monique.

14. What language did Mademba know how to speak that Alfa does not know how to speak?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Spanish.
(c) French.
(d) Russian.

15. Who is Mademba's father?
(a) Sire Diop.
(b) Davi Diop.
(c) Marshall Diop.
(d) Harvre Diop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alfa admit to himself that he does in Chapter XII in order to try to get his revenge?

2. What does Alfa think about the owner of the fourth hand that he kills?

3. What does Captain Armand tell the traitorous soldiers they can have if they put themselves over the top of the trench to be killed by the enemy?

4. How does Alfa think Mademba really felt about him?

5. What does Alfa remember about the night he lost his virginity to Fary Thiam?

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