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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 does Alfa imagine the Germans did for the person who killed Jean-Baptiste?
(a) Give him a parade.
(b) Punish him.
(c) Give him chocolate.
(d) Offer him tobacco and maybe even write a song for him.

2. What does Alfa think "the Captain's France" requires of him and other Black soldiers?
(a) For them to go first and into the most dangerous territory in battle.
(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 eat as much as possible.

3. What does Jean-Baptiste do with the hand he steals from Alfa?
(a) Burns it.
(b) Buries it.
(c) Wraps it in bandages and sticks it to his helmet.
(d) Puts it on a German flag to humiliate the Germans.

4. When do Alfa's trenchmates begin to really fear him?
(a) After he brings back the fourth hand of the enemy.
(b) After he starts talking to his dead mother.
(c) After he starts praying all the time.
(d) After he starts writing spells in his journal.

5. What does Alfa always do first to the soldiers he is going to kill?
(a) Disarm, gag, and then tie their hands behind their backs.
(b) Knock them unconscious.
(c) Slit their throats immediately.
(d) Cut off their feet first.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter X, what does Alfa know for sure he himself is not, even if everyone else seems to think he is?

2. Why do the soldiers in Alfa's unit laugh when he sings?

3. What rumor begins to spread about Alfa in Chapter VI?

4. How do the Germans kill Jean-Baptiste?

5. What, in war, is "bravery's sister," according to Alfa?

(see the answer key)

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