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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. When do Alfa's trenchmates begin to really fear him?
(a) After he starts praying all the time.
(b) After he brings back the fourth hand of the enemy.
(c) After he starts writing spells in his journal.
(d) After he starts talking to his dead mother.

2. What does Alfa compare his extraction of a German soldier from his trench in Part XII to?
(a) Extracting a fish from the river.
(b) Extracting a rabbit from a hole.
(c) Extracting a seed from a pod.
(d) Extracting a tiny baby from his mother's belly.

3. How does Alfa describe Captain Armand physically?
(a) He is a small man with peaceful eyes.
(b) He is a large man with calm eyes.
(c) He is an average man with nondescript eyes.
(d) He is a small man with eyes that look enraged.

4. What does the voice inside Alfa's head tell him about his role in Mademba's death that continues to haunt him?
(a) He is responsible for Mademba's death by mocking Mademba's totem.
(b) He is going to have to pray very hard to redeem himself.
(c) He is going to hell himself.
(d) He is going to have to kill many men to make up for Mademba's death.

5. What does Captain Armand tell the traitorous soldiers they can have if they put themselves over the top of the trench to be killed by the enemy?
(a) A Purple Heart.
(b) A new pair of boots for each of their children.
(c) A military pension.
(d) A new helmet to be sent to their sons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the chief of Alfa's old village once propose that the village grow exclusively?

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

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

4. What does Alfa think his fellow soldiers prefer to think might kill them?

5. In Chapter XI, what does Jean-Baptiste become that eventually leads to his death?

(see the answer key)

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