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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. What earns Alfa his solitude in war in Chapter VII?
(a) His prayers.
(b) His unwillingness to wash.
(c) His language.
(d) The enemy hands.

2. What does Alfa understand that Captain Armand wants on the battlefield, but not back in the trenches?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Madness.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Strength.

3. What does Alfa do to the soldiers that he believes make them think he is about to rape them?
(a) Touch their genitals.
(b) Begins to undress himself.
(c) Undress them.
(d) Tells them he is going to rape them.

4. What color eyes do Alfa's enemy soldiers always have?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blue.
(c) Grey.
(d) Green.

5. What does Alfa hear the night he approaches the German trenches to avenge Jean-Baptiste's death?
(a) Snoring.
(b) Angry shouting.
(c) Crying.
(d) Singing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What forces Alfa to ignore Mademba's suffering as Mademba is dying?

3. What does Alfa always come back to the trenches with after Mademba dies?

4. What entreaty to Mademba does Alfa finish Chapter I with?

5. What does Alfa think his fellow soldiers prefer to think might kill them?

(see the answer key)

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