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

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

3. How does Alfa always kill the enemy soldiers?
(a) He poisons them.
(b) He shoots them.
(c) He hangs them.
(d) He disembowels them.

4. What does Captain Armand tell Alfa that he needs in Part II?
(a) Prayer.
(b) Rest.
(c) Water.
(d) Better food.

5. What does Alfa imagine the Germans did for the person who killed Jean-Baptiste?
(a) Give him chocolate.
(b) Offer him tobacco and maybe even write a song for him.
(c) Give him a parade.
(d) Punish him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do the soldiers Alfa kills in the night always come out of?

3. Where are most of the other Black soldiers from in the unit?

4. What work of Pascal Quignard's does Diop reference in the beginning of Part I?

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

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