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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 119 - 145).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the soldiers seem to think about Jean-Baptiste and the hand he stole?
(a) No one believed he had actually stolen the hand.
(b) The hand seemed to bring Jean-Baptiste magical powers, and invulnerability.
(c) The hand had brought him bad luck.
(d) The hand had brought him good luck.

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

4. Who challenges the village chief when the chief wants Gandiol to only grow one crop?
(a) Mademba's mother.
(b) Mademba's father.
(c) Alfa's mother.
(d) Alfa's father.

5. What does Alfa think is necessary on the battlefield, as he narrates in Chapter VI?
(a) Madness.
(b) Empathy.
(c) Food.
(d) Prayer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alfa think "the Captain's France" requires of him and other Black soldiers?

2. What does Alfa do with the severed hands in the recuperation center?

3. How does Alfa describe his mother's and father's relationship?

4. What animal does Alfa compare Mademba to when he suffers as he dies?

5. When do Alfa's trenchmates begin to really fear him?

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