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

2. What is the Ndiaye totem?
(a) A peacock.
(b) An alligator.
(c) A lion.
(d) An elephant.

3. What does Alfa imagine the Germans did for the person who killed Jean-Baptiste?
(a) Offer him tobacco and maybe even write a song for him.
(b) Punish him.
(c) Give him chocolate.
(d) Give him a parade.

4. What does Alfa always come back to the trenches with after Mademba dies?
(a) A severed hand and the rifle it carried.
(b) A pig.
(c) A head.
(d) A flower.

5. What does Alfa tell himself to be careful of once he decides he is free to think what he wants?
(a) Not to let oneself get too happy.
(b) Not to pray too much.
(c) Not to let in the thinking of others in disguise.
(d) Not to let oneself think too much about war.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following phrases about God does Alfa repeat throughout Part I?

2. What does Alfa do to preserve the hands he severs?

3. What phrase does Alfa end Chapter III with?

4. Where does Alfa get the idea of how to preserve his severed hands?

5. What does Alfa hear the night he approaches the German trenches to avenge Jean-Baptiste's death?

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