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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 old is Alfa when the novel starts?
(a) 18.
(b) 40.
(c) 35.
(d) 20.

2. What phrase does Alfa end Chapter III with?
(a) God knows his plan.
(b) Revenge is righteous.
(c) I know, I understand.
(d) At night, all blood is black.

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

4. Where does Alfa often kill the enemy soldiers in Chapter III?
(a) The forest on the German side.
(b) His own trench.
(c) By the river.
(d) No-man's-land.

5. Which of the following phrases about God does Alfa repeat throughout Part I?
(a) God's truth.
(b) God knows well.
(c) God's light.
(d) God, who cannot hear me.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alfa always come back to the trenches with after Mademba dies?

2. What earns Alfa his solitude in war in Chapter VII?

3. What phrase does Afla repeat many times at the beginning of his sentences in Part I?

4. What does Alfa think of himself in Chapter III when he "leaves the belly of the earth"?

5. In what way does Mademba actually die?

(see the answer key)

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