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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. How do Alfa's fellow soldiers react when he brings his first few "trophies" back?
(a) They write letters to his mother about him, concerned.
(b) They are indifferent to him.
(c) They shun him.
(d) They are pleased with him.

2. In Chapter III, what does Alfa think of his fellow soldiers?
(a) He thinks they are very brave.
(b) He does not have any opinion of them.
(c) He thinks they are intelligent.
(d) He thinks they are idiots who cannot think for themselves.

3. Who is Alfa's best friend?
(a) Jean-Baptiste.
(b) Captain Armand.
(c) Mademba Diop.
(d) Moby.

4. What does Alfa do to the soldiers that he believes make them think he is about to rape them?
(a) Begins to undress himself.
(b) Touch their genitals.
(c) Undress them.
(d) Tells them he is going to rape them.

5. Where does Alfa get the idea of how to preserve his severed hands?
(a) From how they dried fish in his village, Gandiol.
(b) From the dried sheep his first wife taught him how to cure.
(c) From the tobacco leaves all the other soldiers hang from the rafters.
(d) From the dried meat they eat in the trenches.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Alfa when the novel starts?

2. How far away do his fellow soldiers begin staying from Alfa?

3. In Chapter X, what does Alfa know for sure he himself is not, even if everyone else seems to think he is?

4. How does Alfa repeatedly refer to Mademba Diop?

5. What medal is Alfa told he will be awarded in Part II?

(see the answer key)

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