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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 does Jean-Baptiste do with the hand he steals from Alfa?
(a) Burns it.
(b) Puts it on a German flag to humiliate the Germans.
(c) Buries it.
(d) Wraps it in bandages and sticks it to his helmet.

2. What does Alfa put on the trunk where he keeps the severed hands to keep people out of it?
(a) A knife.
(b) A totem.
(c) A talisman.
(d) A smear of tar.

3. What does Alfa always do first to the soldiers he is going to kill?
(a) Slit their throats immediately.
(b) Disarm, gag, and then tie their hands behind their backs.
(c) Knock them unconscious.
(d) Cut off their feet first.

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 going to hell himself.
(b) He is going to have to pray very hard to redeem himself.
(c) He is responsible for Mademba's death by mocking Mademba's totem.
(d) He is going to have to kill many men to make up for Mademba's death.

5. What does Alfa's captain tell the soldiers in his unit think of Black soldiers like him?
(a) They are afraid of them, considering them savages.
(b) They think Black soldiers are not very smart.
(c) They think Black soldiers are the most intelligent soldiers of all.
(d) They like Black soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What slang term do Alfa's fellow soldiers use for the Germans?

2. At the end of Chapter XII, how does Alfa believe his fellow soldiers look at him?

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

4. What does Captain Armand tell Alfa that he needs in Part II?

5. What does Alfa say Mademba Diop looked like?

(see the answer key)

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