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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. In Chapter X, what does Alfa know for sure he himself is not, even if everyone else seems to think he is?
(a) A good friend.
(b) An idiot.
(c) A very strong man.
(d) A sorcerer.

2. How old were Alfa and Fary when they had their sexual encounter?
(a) 20.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 16.

3. What does the voice inside Alfa's head tell him about his role in Mademba's death that continues to haunt him?
(a) He is going to have to pray very hard to redeem himself.
(b) He is responsible for Mademba's death by mocking Mademba's totem.
(c) He is going to have to kill many men to make up for Mademba's death.
(d) He is going to hell himself.

4. What does Alfa do to the soldiers that he believes make them think he is about to rape them?
(a) Begins to undress himself.
(b) Touch their genitals.
(c) Tells them he is going to rape them.
(d) Undress them.

5. What does Alfa think about the owner of the fourth hand that he kills?
(a) He seems as if he has brutality in him.
(b) He seems like a "good boy," an innocent.
(c) He is probably the one who killed Mademba.
(d) He is probably the one who killed Jean-Baptiste.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mademba ask Alfa to do for him in Part I?

3. What color eyes do Alfa's enemy soldiers always have?

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

5. What does Alfa think of himself in Chapter III when he "leaves the belly of the earth"?

(see the answer key)

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