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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What medal is Alfa told he will be awarded in Part II?
(a) The Wallingford.
(b) The Croix de Guerre.
(c) The Purple Heart.
(d) The Gold Star.

2. What work of Cheikh Hamidou Kane's does Diop reference in the beginning of Part I?
(a) Reynard.
(b) Marmoset.
(c) Ambiguous Adventure.
(d) Space Fields.

3. Where does Alfa often kill the enemy soldiers in Chapter III?
(a) The forest on the German side.
(b) His own trench.
(c) No-man's-land.
(d) By the river.

4. What does Alfa do to the soldiers that he believes make them think he is about to rape them?
(a) Tells them he is going to rape them.
(b) Touch their genitals.
(c) Begins to undress himself.
(d) Undress them.

5. What analogy does Alfa use for Mademba's suffering in Part I?
(a) It is like heat.
(b) It is like barbed wire.
(c) It is like a snake.
(d) It is like the moon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the voice inside Alfa's head tell him as he stayed with Mademba when Mademba was dying?

2. What animal does Alfa compare Mademba to when he suffers as he dies?

3. What does Alfa begin to think almost as soon as Mademba is dead?

4. Where are most of the other Black soldiers from in the unit?

5. Where does Alfa get the idea of how to preserve his severed hands?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Alfa say he becomes when he goes out to seek the vengeance on German's for Mademba's death?

2. Why does Alfa feel almost entirely responsible for Mademba's death?

3. What is Alfa's relationship with Jean-Baptiste?

4. What does Mademba ask Alfa to do as Mademba lays mortally wounded on the battlefield?

5. What does Alfa think about his fellow soldiers and his perceptions of who is really is in Part I?

6. What does Alfa do as a sign of honor for Mademba immediately after Mademba's death?

7. Why do Alfa's own soldiers begin to fear and avoid him after he brings home the fourth severed hand?

8. What does Alfa often see in his enemy's eyes before he kills him?

9. What phrase does Alfa Ndiaye begin repeating immediately in Part I?

10. What is the cultural attitude from Alfa's culture towards the symbol of a totem?

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