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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. What does Captain Armand tell Alfa that he needs in Part II?
(a) Better food.
(b) Rest.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Water.

2. What happens to Alfa's father when Alfa's mother disappears?
(a) He tells Alfa to go off and make a living for himself.
(b) He burns all his own farmland.
(c) He ages even more rapidly.
(d) He kills himself.

3. What does Alfa say on the subjects of blame and God in Chapter XII?
(a) God tries to blame other entities for what goes wrong in war.
(b) God does not even understand the concept of blame.
(c) You can not blame God for the bad things that happen to individuals in war.
(d) God is to blame for all that goes on in wars.

4. What does Alfa think of Captain Armand's treatment of the traitorous soldiers?
(a) He thinks he can put it right if he uses his own magic.
(b) He thinks it is just like what his father would have done in a similar situation.
(c) He thinks it is just.
(d) He has never seen anything so ugly.

5. What does Alfa think his fellow soldiers prefer to think might kill them?
(a) The evil eye, not the war itself.
(b) A true friend.
(c) God.
(d) A real enemy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does everyone smile at Alfa in the recuperation center?

2. When do the white soldiers suddenly decide to stop obeying Captain Armand?

3. What does Alfa think about his own physical appearance?

4. When do Alfa's trenchmates begin to really fear him?

5. What did people in Gandiol sometimes tell Mademba about Alfa?

(see the answer key)

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