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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. Why do the soldiers in Alfa's unit laugh when he sings?
(a) He sings beautifully, and they are embarrassed.
(b) He sings in a high voice.
(c) He sings off-key.
(d) He sings in French.

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

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

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

5. In Chapter III, what does Alfa think of his fellow soldiers?
(a) He thinks they are very brave.
(b) He does not have any opinion of them.
(c) He thinks they are idiots who cannot think for themselves.
(d) He thinks they are intelligent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Alfa when the novel starts?

2. What does the voice inside Alfa's head tell him as he stayed with Mademba when Mademba was dying?

3. Why does Alfa ask Mademba to describe the soldier who stabbed him?

4. Who is Alfa's best friend?

5. What phrase does Afla repeat many times at the beginning of his sentences in Part I?

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