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

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

3. In Chapter XI, what does Jean-Baptiste become that eventually leads to his death?
(a) A unit leader.
(b) An informant.
(c) A cook.
(d) A provocateur.

4. In Chapter V, who does Alfa confess he was listening to right around the time when Mademba dies?
(a) His mother.
(b) His enemy.
(c) His God.
(d) His father.

5. In Chapter XIV, how does Alfa feel about being in the Rear?
(a) Suspicious.
(b) Angry.
(c) At ease.
(d) Anxious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alfa claim he reeks of?

2. Where does Alfa often kill the enemy soldiers in Chapter III?

3. How does Alfa always kill the enemy soldiers?

4. What does Mademba ask Alfa to do for him in Part I?

5. In Chapter X, what does Alfa know for sure he himself is not, even if everyone else seems to think he is?

(see the answer key)

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