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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 analogy does Alfa use for Mademba's suffering in Part I?
(a) It is like barbed wire.
(b) It is like a snake.
(c) It is like heat.
(d) It is like the moon.

2. What does Alfa say Mademba Diop looked like?
(a) He was weak, small, and ugly.
(b) He was too tall to be considered handsome by western standards.
(c) He was strong and attractive.
(d) He was average.

3. In Chapter II, what does Alfa think the trenches look like?
(a) A river.
(b) A snake.
(c) A woman's genitals.
(d) A diamond.

4. How does Alfa sometimes refer to himself in Part II?
(a) The second son of the second son.
(b) The seventh child of the sixth child.
(c) The romulan.
(d) The youngest child of the old man.

5. What does the voice inside Alfa's head tell him as he stayed with Mademba when Mademba was dying?
(a) Not to kill Mademba and play God.
(b) To run away and leave the war.
(c) To kill Mademba.
(d) To respect his mother's wishes and only to kill enemy soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alfa think of Captain Armand's treatment of the traitorous soldiers?

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

3. What animal does Alfa compare Mademba to when he suffers as he dies?

4. What earns Alfa his solitude in war in Chapter VII?

5. How does Alfa describe Captain Armand physically?

(see the answer key)

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