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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 29).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the voice inside Alfa's head tell him as he stayed with Mademba when Mademba was dying?
(a) To run away and leave the war.
(b) Not to kill Mademba and play God.
(c) To kill Mademba.
(d) To respect his mother's wishes and only to kill enemy soldiers.

3. What does Alfa begin to think almost as soon as Mademba is dead?
(a) That he should have taken Mademba on an airplane home.
(b) That he should have fed Mademba.
(c) That he should have performed his magic above Mademba.
(d) That he should have slit Mademba's throat to put him out of his misery.

4. What rite of passage did Mademba and Alfa share on the same day in their youth?
(a) Communion.
(b) Wedding vows.
(c) Confirmation.
(d) Circumcision.

5. Who wrote, "We embraced each other by our names?"
(a) Byron.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Montaigne.
(d) Joyce.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter II, what does Alfa think the trenches look like?

2. What does Alfa do with Mademba's body after he dies?

3. Where do the soldiers Alfa kills in the night always come out of?

4. What color eyes do Alfa's enemy soldiers always have?

5. How does Captain Armand signal to his own men that an attack is about to begin?

(see the answer key)

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