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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 words do Alfa's translator in Part II say over and over?
(a) Please sir, do not hurt us.
(b) These are not my words.
(c) The Captain says.
(d) These are his words.

2. When does Captain Armand finally call Alfa in to have a serious talk about his conduct regarding enemy soldiers?
(a) After Alfa stops speaking to anyone.
(b) After Alfa brings back a severed head.
(c) After Alfa is missing for three straight days.
(d) After Alfa brings back his seventh severed hand.

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

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

5. When does Alfa always kill the enemy soldiers he kills?
(a) Once they have called for reinforcements.
(b) Once they have made their second plea to him with their eyes.
(c) Once they have lost all their blood.
(d) Once they have said a prayer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does Alfa compare Mademba to when he suffers as he dies?

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

3. What entreaty to Mademba does Alfa finish Chapter I with?

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

5. What term does Alfa's unit use to refer to Black soldiers?

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