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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 think the seven hands do?
(a) Continue to hold up the guilt of the enemy.
(b) Make it so that Mademba's soul can return.
(c) Fade away as if the murders never happened.
(d) Speak, confessing to "all his judges."

2. Who does Alfa believe his thoughts belong to?
(a) Him alone.
(b) His mother.
(c) His commander.
(d) Mademba.

3. What happens to Alfa's father when Alfa's mother disappears?
(a) He tells Alfa to go off and make a living for himself.
(b) He ages even more rapidly.
(c) He burns all his own farmland.
(d) He kills himself.

4. What alias does Alfa jokingly suggest to Mademba that Mademba could use if he became a wrestler?
(a) Hulk.
(b) Turtledove Chest.
(c) Peacock.
(d) Solitary Lion.

5. What causes a major change in Jean-Baptiste?
(a) Seeing his best friend die.
(b) His backfiring of his rifle.
(c) His receipt of a perfumed letter.
(d) His loss of one of his feet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old were Alfa and Fary when they had their sexual encounter?

3. Where do Alfa and Mademba fantasize about living after the war?

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

5. Who is the doctor treating Alfa at the Rear?

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