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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. Why is Alfa missing one of his hands?
(a) He gave one as an offering to his sorcerer mentor.
(b) He lost one when he was running.
(c) He buried one and forgot where it was buried.
(d) Due to a prank from a soldier-friend, Jean-Baptiste.

2. Where are most of the other Black soldiers from in the unit?
(a) China.
(b) The Middle East.
(c) West Africa.
(d) Russia.

3. What animal does Alfa compare Mademba to when he suffers as he dies?
(a) A snake.
(b) A peacock.
(c) A dog.
(d) An old solitary lion.

4. What phrase does Afla repeat many times at the beginning of his sentences in Part I?
(a) I know, I understand.
(b) Please God.
(c) Help now.
(d) You know.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the other soldiers react to Alfa when he comes back to the trench in Chapter II?

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

3. What rumor begins to spread about Alfa in Chapter VI?

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

5. Why was it particularly dangerous for Alfa to do what he did with Mademba's body in Chapter II?

(see the answer key)

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