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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. What does the narrator taste in his mouth after raping the woman in Chapter XXII?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Metal.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Blood.

2. What does the person who challenges the village chief in Gandiol ask the chief to remember?
(a) The great flood.
(b) The year of war.
(c) The great migration.
(d) The year of hunger.

3. In Chapter XIV, how does Alfa feel about being in the Rear?
(a) At ease.
(b) Angry.
(c) Suspicious.
(d) Anxious.

4. How do Alfa's fellow soldiers react when he brings his first few "trophies" back?
(a) They are indifferent to him.
(b) They shun him.
(c) They are pleased with him.
(d) They write letters to his mother about him, concerned.

5. What does the doctor have Alfa and the others do to help them through their trauma?
(a) Draw.
(b) Sing.
(c) Dance.
(d) Watch television.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Alfa quickly begin to feel about the German soldier he kills in Chapter XII?

2. What did Alfa's father once tell him about laughter?

3. What does Alfa think of Captain Armand's treatment of the traitorous soldiers?

4. Who wrote, "We embraced each other by our names?"

5. Who challenges the village chief when the chief wants Gandiol to only grow one crop?

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