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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. What work of Pascal Quignard's does Diop reference in the beginning of Part I?
(a) Camelot.
(b) Carmen.
(c) Mourir de penser.
(d) The Vase.

2. 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 youngest child of the old man.
(d) The romulan.

3. What is a totem, according to Alfa?
(a) An expense.
(b) Taboo.
(c) Silly.
(d) A relic of the older generations only.

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

5. What does Alfa claim he reeks of?
(a) Prayer.
(b) Righteousness.
(c) Hell.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alfa do to the soldiers that he believes make them think he is about to rape them?

2. What was the only thing Alfa was thinking about as Mademba died?

3. In what way does Mademba actually die?

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

5. Before Mademba died, how did Alfa usually conduct himself with Mademba on the battlefield?

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