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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 do with Mademba's body after he dies?
(a) Leaves it on the battlefield.
(b) Burns it.
(c) Carries it back to his trench.
(d) Cuts it up and buries it.

2. Whose "more-than-brother" does Alfa become in the wake of Mademba's death?
(a) Death's.
(b) Prayer's.
(c) Life's.
(d) God's.

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

4. Why was it particularly dangerous for Alfa to do what he did with Mademba's body in Chapter II?
(a) It was considered taboo to carry another man's body on his back.
(b) It was a bright moon, and the enemy soldiers could see Alfa more clearly.
(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.

5. What does Alfa do to preserve the hands he severs?
(a) Buries them.
(b) Washes them.
(c) Coats them in salt.
(d) Puts them in clay pots.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter XI, what does Jean-Baptiste become that eventually leads to his death?

2. How does Captain Armand signal to his own men that an attack is about to begin?

3. What does Alfa always do first to the soldiers he is going to kill?

4. In Chapter III, what does Alfa think of his fellow soldiers?

5. What is a totem, according to Alfa?

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