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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 is the Diop totem?
(a) A panther.
(b) An alligator.
(c) An elephant.
(d) A peacock.

2. What does Jean-Baptiste do with the hand he steals from Alfa?
(a) Burns it.
(b) Buries it.
(c) Wraps it in bandages and sticks it to his helmet.
(d) Puts it on a German flag to humiliate the Germans.

3. What earns Alfa his solitude in war in Chapter VII?
(a) His unwillingness to wash.
(b) His language.
(c) The enemy hands.
(d) His prayers.

4. Which of the following phrases about God does Alfa repeat throughout Part I?
(a) God knows well.
(b) God, who cannot hear me.
(c) God's light.
(d) God's truth.

5. Why was it particularly dangerous for Alfa to do what he did with Mademba's body in Chapter II?
(a) It was considered taboo to carry another man's body on his back.
(b) He knew his own soldier comrades in the trenches would likely try to kill him when he returned.
(c) He knew the spirits would punish him for killing Mademba.
(d) It was a bright moon, and the enemy soldiers could see Alfa more clearly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Alfa when the novel starts?

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

3. How do the Germans kill Jean-Baptiste?

4. How do Alfa's fellow soldiers react when he brings his first few "trophies" back?

5. In Chapter XIV, how does Alfa feel about being in the Rear?

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