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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 was it particularly dangerous for Alfa to do what he did with Mademba's body in Chapter II?
(a) It was a bright moon, and the enemy soldiers could see Alfa more clearly.
(b) It was considered taboo to carry another man's body on his back.
(c) He knew his own soldier comrades in the trenches would likely try to kill him when he returned.
(d) He knew the spirits would punish him for killing Mademba.

2. What term does Alfa's unit use to refer to Black soldiers?
(a) Big Men.
(b) Chocolats.
(c) Sorcerers.
(d) Night Hawks.

3. How do the Germans kill Jean-Baptiste?
(a) They stab him.
(b) They hang him.
(c) They run over him with a tank.
(d) They shoot his head clean off.

4. How old is Alfa when the novel starts?
(a) 35.
(b) 20.
(c) 40.
(d) 18.

5. Who wrote, "We embraced each other by our names?"
(a) Byron.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Joyce.
(d) Montaigne.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Alfa do to preserve the hands he severs?

3. What is a totem, according to Alfa?

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

5. In Chapter V, who does Alfa confess he was listening to right around the time when Mademba dies?

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