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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 30 - 58).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Alfa missing one of his hands?
(a) He lost one when he was running.
(b) Due to a prank from a soldier-friend, Jean-Baptiste.
(c) He buried one and forgot where it was buried.
(d) He gave one as an offering to his sorcerer mentor.

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

3. What rumor begins to spread about Alfa in Chapter VI?
(a) That he is the wealthy son of a businessman.
(b) That he is a God.
(c) That he is an imposter.
(d) That he is a sorcerer.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was it particularly dangerous for Alfa to do what he did with Mademba's body in Chapter II?

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

3. When does Alfa always kill the enemy soldiers he kills?

4. What analogy does Alfa use for Mademba's suffering in Part I?

5. How do the other soldiers react to Alfa when he comes back to the trench in Chapter II?

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