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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 59 - 88).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What earns Alfa his solitude in war in Chapter VII?
(a) His prayers.
(b) His language.
(c) The enemy hands.
(d) His unwillingness to wash.

2. What causes a major change in Jean-Baptiste?
(a) His loss of one of his feet.
(b) Seeing his best friend die.
(c) His backfiring of his rifle.
(d) His receipt of a perfumed letter.

3. How does Alfa think Captain Armand sees him?
(a) As someone to be feared because of his powers of sorcery.
(b) As someone who could spoil all his ambitions in the war.
(c) As someone who could help him win the war in the right circumstances.
(d) As someone who should never have left his job as a coal miner.

4. Why do the soldiers in Alfa's unit laugh when he sings?
(a) He sings in French.
(b) He sings in a high voice.
(c) He sings beautifully, and they are embarrassed.
(d) He sings off-key.

5. What does Alfa say when Captain Armand wants to know where his severed hands are?
(a) He says he bartered them.
(b) He says God took them because he was unhappy with Alfa.
(c) He says he lost them.
(d) He says he buried them and does not remember where they are.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Captain Armand wish to know the location of in Chapter VIII from Alfa?

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

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

4. How old is Alfa when the novel starts?

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

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