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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 is a totem, according to Alfa?
(a) Silly.
(b) An expense.
(c) A relic of the older generations only.
(d) Taboo.

2. What phrase does Alfa end Chapter III with?
(a) I know, I understand.
(b) God knows his plan.
(c) Revenge is righteous.
(d) At night, all blood is black.

3. How do the Germans kill Jean-Baptiste?
(a) They run over him with a tank.
(b) They hang him.
(c) They stab him.
(d) They shoot his head clean off.

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

5. How far away do his fellow soldiers begin staying from Alfa?
(a) Ten large steps.
(b) Six meters.
(c) Two fields' length.
(d) Nine leagues.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who translates the words of Captain Armand for Alfa?

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

3. What does Alfa do when a retreat is called, in the wake of Mademba's death?

4. Why was it particularly dangerous for Alfa to do what he did with Mademba's body in Chapter II?

5. What does Alfa do to the soldiers that he believes make them think he is about to rape them?

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