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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 think his fellow soldiers prefer to think might kill them?
(a) God.
(b) The evil eye, not the war itself.
(c) A real enemy.
(d) A true friend.

2. What does the voice inside Alfa's head tell him as he stayed with Mademba when Mademba was dying?
(a) To kill Mademba.
(b) To run away and leave the war.
(c) To respect his mother's wishes and only to kill enemy soldiers.
(d) Not to kill Mademba and play God.

3. Why do the soldiers in Alfa's unit laugh when he sings?
(a) He sings in French.
(b) He sings off-key.
(c) He sings beautifully, and they are embarrassed.
(d) He sings in a high voice.

4. What causes a major change in Jean-Baptiste?
(a) His receipt of a perfumed letter.
(b) Seeing his best friend die.
(c) His loss of one of his feet.
(d) His backfiring of his rifle.

5. What does Alfa tell himself to be careful of once he decides he is free to think what he wants?
(a) Not to let in the thinking of others in disguise.
(b) Not to let oneself get too happy.
(c) Not to pray too much.
(d) Not to let oneself think too much about war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alfa's captain tell the soldiers in his unit think of Black soldiers like him?

2. What does Alfa think is necessary on the battlefield, as he narrates in Chapter VI?

3. What does Alfa claim he reeks of?

4. How does Alfa always kill the enemy soldiers?

5. What does Alfa do to the soldiers that he believes make them think he is about to rape them?

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