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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 30 - 58).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where do the soldiers Alfa kills in the night always come out of?
(a) A kitchen.
(b) An outhouse.
(c) A mortal-shell hole.
(d) A church.

3. What does Alfa always come back to the trenches with after Mademba dies?
(a) A head.
(b) A flower.
(c) A severed hand and the rifle it carried.
(d) A pig.

4. When does Captain Armand finally call Alfa in to have a serious talk about his conduct regarding enemy soldiers?
(a) After Alfa brings back his seventh severed hand.
(b) After Alfa is missing for three straight days.
(c) After Alfa brings back a severed head.
(d) After Alfa stops speaking to anyone.

5. What is the Diop totem?
(a) An elephant.
(b) A peacock.
(c) An alligator.
(d) A panther.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before Mademba died, how did Alfa usually conduct himself with Mademba on the battlefield?

2. What is another word Alfa thinks people now think of him as, in the wake of Mademba's death?

3. What does Captain Armand wish to know the location of in Chapter VIII from Alfa?

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

5. What does Alfa hear the night he approaches the German trenches to avenge Jean-Baptiste's death?

(see the answer key)

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