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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 59 - 88).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What work of Pascal Quignard's does Diop reference in the beginning of Part I?
(a) Camelot.
(b) The Vase.
(c) Carmen.
(d) Mourir de penser.

2. How does Alfa quickly begin to feel about the German soldier he kills in Chapter XII?
(a) He feels nothing towards him.
(b) He is suspicious of him.
(c) He pities him.
(d) He despises him.

3. What does Alfa hear the night he approaches the German trenches to avenge Jean-Baptiste's death?
(a) Crying.
(b) Snoring.
(c) Angry shouting.
(d) Singing.

4. What does Alfa use to create the entity he hopes will warn people off his hiding place for the hands?
(a) A sharpened rat bone.
(b) Dirt.
(c) A dye made from flowers.
(d) A steel blade.

5. What is the Ndiaye totem?
(a) A peacock.
(b) An alligator.
(c) A lion.
(d) An elephant.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Alfa think Captain Armand really feels about war?

3. What did Alfa's father once tell him about laughter?

4. What does Alfa wait for before trying to catch a German soldier in Chapter XII?

5. How does Alfa repeatedly refer to Mademba Diop?

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