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

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

3. What does Alfa say Mademba Diop looked like?
(a) He was too tall to be considered handsome by western standards.
(b) He was average.
(c) He was strong and attractive.
(d) He was weak, small, and ugly.

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

5. Where does Alfa often kill the enemy soldiers in Chapter III?
(a) By the river.
(b) The forest on the German side.
(c) His own trench.
(d) No-man's-land.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When do the white soldiers suddenly decide to stop obeying Captain Armand?

3. What does Alfa think of Captain Armand's treatment of the traitorous soldiers?

4. What does Alfa think Captain Armand wants to do with him in Chapter XIII?

5. How does Alfa always kill the enemy soldiers?

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