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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. What does Alfa's captain tell the soldiers in his unit think of Black soldiers like him?
(a) They like Black soldiers.
(b) They think Black soldiers are the most intelligent soldiers of all.
(c) They are afraid of them, considering them savages.
(d) They think Black soldiers are not very smart.

2. What does Alfa think "the Captain's France" requires of him and other Black soldiers?
(a) For them to go first and into the most dangerous territory in battle.
(b) For them to eat as much as possible.
(c) For them to "play the savage" when it is required of them.
(d) For them to write a lot of letters home telling their people everything is OK.

3. What does Mademba ask Alfa to do for him in Part I?
(a) Take him home.
(b) Kill him.
(c) Feed him.
(d) Pray for him.

4. What phrase does Afla repeat many times at the beginning of his sentences in Part I?
(a) Please God.
(b) I know, I understand.
(c) You know.
(d) Help now.

5. What work of Pascal Quignard's does Diop reference in the beginning of Part I?
(a) The Vase.
(b) Mourir de penser.
(c) Carmen.
(d) Camelot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What words do Alfa's translator in Part II say over and over?

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

3. What does Alfa always do first to the soldiers he is going to kill?

4. Why do the soldiers in Alfa's unit laugh when he sings?

5. What does Alfa imagine the Germans did for the person who killed Jean-Baptiste?

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