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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. How does Alfa always kill the enemy soldiers?
(a) He disembowels them.
(b) He shoots them.
(c) He poisons them.
(d) He hangs them.

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

3. What does Alfa think "the Captain's France" requires of him and other Black soldiers?
(a) For them to "play the savage" when it is required of them.
(b) For them to write a lot of letters home telling their people everything is OK.
(c) For them to eat as much as possible.
(d) For them to go first and into the most dangerous territory in battle.

4. What work of Pascal Quignard's does Diop reference in the beginning of Part I?
(a) Mourir de penser.
(b) Camelot.
(c) The Vase.
(d) Carmen.

5. What does Alfa think of himself in Chapter III when he "leaves the belly of the earth"?
(a) He makes himself a little inhuman.
(b) He becomes like a snake.
(c) He calls on his sorcerer ancestors and becomes like a sorcerer.
(d) He becomes like a peacock.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Alfa when the novel starts?

2. In what way does Mademba actually die?

3. In Chapter III, what does Alfa think of his fellow soldiers?

4. What does Mademba ask Alfa to do for him in Part I?

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

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