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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 89 - 118).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Alfa think he can tell that the woman at the hospital in the Rear is attracted to him?
(a) She tells him he looks like her late husband.
(b) She tells him he is handsome.
(c) By reading it in her eyes.
(d) She tells him she wants to sleep with him.

2. Why did people in Gandiol avoid walking at night near the river?
(a) For fear of snakes.
(b) For fear of alligators.
(c) For fear of the goddess Mame Coumba Bang.
(d) It was too cold by the water.

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

4. What does Alfa think of his doctor, as he articulates his feelings in Chapter XVI?
(a) He seems completely untroubled by all the wounds he has seen from the war.
(b) He is a negligent man.
(c) He might not actually be a doctor, considering how ill at ease he is around blood.
(d) He is a good man.

5. Why should soldiers not smoke in a war, according to Alfa?
(a) It is bad for morale.
(b) It helps the enemy see where the soldiers are.
(c) It is bad for their health.
(d) It uses too much lighter fluid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Alfa think are the truly brave?

2. What does Alfa compare his extraction of a German soldier from his trench in Part XII to?

3. What alias does Alfa jokingly suggest to Mademba that Mademba could use if he became a wrestler?

4. What does Alfa do to preserve the hands he severs?

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

(see the answer key)

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