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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. Who translates the words of Captain Armand for Alfa?
(a) Mademba.
(b) Jean-Baptiste.
(c) Ibrahima Seck.
(d) Horatio.

2. How far away do his fellow soldiers begin staying from Alfa?
(a) Six meters.
(b) Two fields' length.
(c) Ten large steps.
(d) Nine leagues.

3. What phrase does Afla repeat many times at the beginning of his sentences in Part I?
(a) Please God.
(b) I know, I understand.
(c) Help now.
(d) You know.

4. What, in war, is "bravery's sister," according to Alfa?
(a) Temporary madness.
(b) Peace.
(c) Pain.
(d) Fear.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Alfa always come back to the trenches with after Mademba dies?

3. What does Alfa imagine the Germans did for the person who killed Jean-Baptiste?

4. What work of Cheikh Hamidou Kane's does Diop reference in the beginning of Part I?

5. What does Alfa do when a retreat is called, in the wake of Mademba's death?

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