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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 rite of passage did Mademba and Alfa share on the same day in their youth?
(a) Communion.
(b) Confirmation.
(c) Circumcision.
(d) Wedding vows.

2. In Chapter XIV, how does Alfa feel about being in the Rear?
(a) Suspicious.
(b) Anxious.
(c) At ease.
(d) Angry.

3. How does Alfa always kill the enemy soldiers?
(a) He disembowels them.
(b) He poisons them.
(c) He shoots them.
(d) He hangs them.

4. Why did people in Gandiol avoid walking at night near the river?
(a) For fear of the goddess Mame Coumba Bang.
(b) For fear of alligators.
(c) For fear of snakes.
(d) It was too cold by the water.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter II, what does Alfa think the trenches look like?

2. In Chapter XI, what does Jean-Baptiste become that eventually leads to his death?

3. Why do some white soldiers say they will stop obeying the captain?

4. What does the voice inside Alfa's head tell him as he stayed with Mademba when Mademba was dying?

5. Which soldier does Alfa extract from the trench to kill in Chapter XII?

(see the answer key)

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