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

2. What do the soldiers seem to think about Jean-Baptiste and the hand he stole?
(a) No one believed he had actually stolen the hand.
(b) The hand seemed to bring Jean-Baptiste magical powers, and invulnerability.
(c) The hand had brought him good luck.
(d) The hand had brought him bad luck.

3. What does Alfa do to preserve the hands he severs?
(a) Buries them.
(b) Coats them in salt.
(c) Washes them.
(d) Puts them in clay pots.

4. What does Alfa think of Captain Armand's treatment of the traitorous soldiers?
(a) He has never seen anything so ugly.
(b) He thinks it is just.
(c) He thinks he can put it right if he uses his own magic.
(d) He thinks it is just like what his father would have done in a similar situation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do some white soldiers say they will stop obeying the captain?

2. What does Alfa think Captain Armand wants to do with him in Chapter XIII?

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

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

5. How does Alfa always kill the enemy soldiers?

(see the answer key)

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