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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. What does Alfa imagine the Germans did for the person who killed Jean-Baptiste?
(a) Give him chocolate.
(b) Offer him tobacco and maybe even write a song for him.
(c) Punish him.
(d) Give him a parade.

2. What does Alfa do with Mademba's body after he dies?
(a) Leaves it on the battlefield.
(b) Burns it.
(c) Carries it back to his trench.
(d) Cuts it up and buries it.

3. In what way does Mademba actually die?
(a) A German soldier shoots him.
(b) He is shot by one of his own infantrymen.
(c) A German soldier hangs him.
(d) A German solder disembowels him.

4. In Chapter XI, what does Jean-Baptiste become that eventually leads to his death?
(a) A provocateur.
(b) A cook.
(c) An informant.
(d) A unit leader.

5. Before Mademba died, how did Alfa usually conduct himself with Mademba on the battlefield?
(a) He made sure he was far away from Mademba.
(b) He made sure he was close to Mademba so he could try to protect Mademba.
(c) He made sure Mademba was covering him.
(d) He made sure Mademba was always under a spell that Alfa cast, making Mademba invisible.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter III, what does Alfa think of his fellow soldiers?

3. What does Alfa tell himself to be careful of once he decides he is free to think what he wants?

4. What work of Cheikh Hamidou Kane's does Diop reference in the beginning of Part I?

5. What work of Pascal Quignard's does Diop reference in the beginning of Part I?

(see the answer key)

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