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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 30 - 58).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way does Mademba actually die?
(a) A German soldier hangs him.
(b) A German solder disembowels him.
(c) He is shot by one of his own infantrymen.
(d) A German soldier shoots him.

2. What does Alfa understand that Captain Armand wants on the battlefield, but not back in the trenches?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Strength.
(c) Madness.
(d) Friendship.

3. What was the only thing Alfa was thinking about as Mademba died?
(a) Getting revenge on the soldier who killed Mademba.
(b) His own starvation.
(c) His prayers to his mother.
(d) How he himself would survive the day.

4. What does Alfa do when a retreat is called, in the wake of Mademba's death?
(a) He retreats at once.
(b) He never retreats.
(c) He retreats only after firing his gun many times.
(d) He retreats only after praying.

5. Why does Mademba leave before the others on the day he dies?
(a) Alfa tells him he is about to run away and desert the war.
(b) Alfa teases him about his totem.
(c) Alfa tells him he is sick.
(d) Alfa tells him he will run faster than he can.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Alfa think is necessary on the battlefield, as he narrates in Chapter VI?

3. Why do the soldiers in Alfa's unit laugh when he sings?

4. What entreaty to Mademba does Alfa finish Chapter I with?

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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