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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 89 - 118).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Alfa missing one of his hands?
(a) He buried one and forgot where it was buried.
(b) He lost one when he was running.
(c) He gave one as an offering to his sorcerer mentor.
(d) Due to a prank from a soldier-friend, Jean-Baptiste.

2. What causes a major change in Jean-Baptiste?
(a) His receipt of a perfumed letter.
(b) His loss of one of his feet.
(c) Seeing his best friend die.
(d) His backfiring of his rifle.

3. What does Alfa think Fary Thiam started doing before he did?
(a) Building houses.
(b) Having sex.
(c) Reading.
(d) Thinking for herself.

4. What forces Alfa to ignore Mademba's suffering as Mademba is dying?
(a) The voice he hears in his head, telling him not to kill Mademba.
(b) Jean-Baptiste's songs.
(c) His own prayers.
(d) His commander's whistle.

5. Who does one of the first soldiers to go out of the trench with his hands tied call out to in his last moment?
(a) Maronette.
(b) Claire.
(c) Odette.
(d) Monique.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alfa think "the Captain's France" requires of him and other Black soldiers?

2. Who does Alfa lose his virginity to?

3. What does Alfa think about the owner of the fourth hand that he kills?

4. What does Alfa use to create the entity he hopes will warn people off his hiding place for the hands?

5. Who does Alfa believe his thoughts belong to?

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