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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 Alfa understand that Captain Armand wants on the battlefield, but not back in the trenches?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Madness.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Strength.

2. Who is Alfa trying to avenge in Chapter XII?
(a) Jean-Baptiste.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) His sister.

3. Who is Alfa's only real white friend among his fellow soldiers?
(a) Ibrahima.
(b) Roland.
(c) Jean-Luc.
(d) Jean-Baptiste.

4. In Chapter XVII, who does Alfa briefly fantasize about visiting revenge on for what happened to his mother?
(a) The Hustis.
(b) The Moors.
(c) The Fulus.
(d) The Fistus.

5. When do the white soldiers suddenly decide to stop obeying Captain Armand?
(a) In the depth of winter.
(b) In the spring, around Easter.
(c) In the heat of summer.
(d) Between Alfa's fifth and sixth hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first love of Alfa's?

2. What does Captain Armand order the other soldiers to do with the traitorous ones?

3. How does Alfa think Captain Armand really feels about war?

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

5. How does Alfa think Mademba really felt about him?

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