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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 happens to Mademba and Alfa in the very end of the novel in Part V?
(a) They both die.
(b) They make their journey as friends back to Gandiol.
(c) They are killed by the German soldiers.
(d) Their consciousnesses and spirits merge into one in Alfa's body.

2. When do Alfa's trenchmates begin to really fear him?
(a) After he starts praying all the time.
(b) After he starts talking to his dead mother.
(c) After he brings back the fourth hand of the enemy.
(d) After he starts writing spells in his journal.

3. How does Alfa think Mademba really felt about him?
(a) He thinks Mademba loved and envied him at the same time.
(b) He thinks Mademba resented Alfa for wanting to marry Mademba's sister.
(c) He thinks Mademba hated Alfa with all his might, and tried to get him killed in the war.
(d) He thinks Mademba really did not like him, but pretended that he did.

4. How does Captain Armand signal to his own men that an attack is about to begin?
(a) His fingers snapping.
(b) His trumpet.
(c) His hand sign.
(d) His whistle.

5. How does Alfa describe his mother's and father's relationship?
(a) His mother was his father's second cousin.
(b) His mother was his father's fourth and final wife.
(c) His father and mother never got along.
(d) His mother was his father's first and only love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alfa's captain tell the soldiers in his unit think of Black soldiers like him?

2. What does Alfa suspect about Seck's translation of Captain Armand's directions to Alfa?

3. What does Alfa imagine the Germans did for the person who killed Jean-Baptiste?

4. Who is Alfa's only real white friend among his fellow soldiers?

5. What does Alfa think is necessary on the battlefield, as he narrates in Chapter VI?

(see the answer key)

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