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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. In Chapter XI, what does Jean-Baptiste become that eventually leads to his death?
(a) An informant.
(b) A unit leader.
(c) A provocateur.
(d) A cook.

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

3. What does Alfa think is necessary on the battlefield, as he narrates in Chapter VI?
(a) Madness.
(b) Empathy.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Food.

4. 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 write a lot of letters home telling their people everything is OK.
(c) For them to "play the savage" when it is required of them.
(d) For them to go first and into the most dangerous territory in battle.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Captain Armand tell Alfa that he needs in Part II?

3. Whose "more-than-brother" does Alfa become in the wake of Mademba's death?

4. Why are the fires the men make in the trenches so small?

5. What phrase does Alfa end Chapter III with?

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