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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. When does Captain Armand finally call Alfa in to have a serious talk about his conduct regarding enemy soldiers?
(a) After Alfa brings back his seventh severed hand.
(b) After Alfa brings back a severed head.
(c) After Alfa is missing for three straight days.
(d) After Alfa stops speaking to anyone.

2. What does Alfa think his fellow soldiers prefer to think might kill them?
(a) The evil eye, not the war itself.
(b) A real enemy.
(c) God.
(d) A true friend.

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

4. Who is the leader of the revolt against Captain Armand?
(a) Jean-Baptiste.
(b) Alphonse.
(c) Alfa.
(d) Mademba.

5. What is another word Alfa thinks people now think of him as, in the wake of Mademba's death?
(a) An imposter.
(b) A turncoat.
(c) A demm.
(d) A priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does Alfa compare Mademba to when he suffers as he dies?

2. What does Alfa do to the soldiers that he believes make them think he is about to rape them?

3. Whose "more-than-brother" does Alfa become in the wake of Mademba's death?

4. What forces Alfa to ignore Mademba's suffering as Mademba is dying?

5. How old is Alfa when the novel starts?

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