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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 does Mademba ask Alfa to do for him in Part I?
(a) Take him home.
(b) Pray for him.
(c) Kill him.
(d) Feed him.

2. How does Alfa repeatedly refer to Mademba Diop?
(a) My soul mate.
(b) My nemesis.
(c) My more-than-brother.
(d) My cousin.

3. What does Alfa always come back to the trenches with after Mademba dies?
(a) A flower.
(b) A head.
(c) A pig.
(d) A severed hand and the rifle it carried.

4. What phrase does Afla repeat many times at the beginning of his sentences in Part I?
(a) Help now.
(b) You know.
(c) I know, I understand.
(d) Please God.

5. What phrase does Alfa end Chapter III with?
(a) God knows his plan.
(b) At night, all blood is black.
(c) Revenge is righteous.
(d) I know, I understand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Alfa's best friend?

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

3. Where does Alfa often kill the enemy soldiers in Chapter III?

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

5. Which of the following phrases about God does Alfa repeat throughout Part I?

(see the answer key)

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