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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 119 - 145).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the daughter of the vain king in Chapter XXV?
(a) Simple.
(b) Fickle.
(c) Strange.
(d) Cunning.

2. When do Alfa's trenchmates begin to really fear him?
(a) After he starts talking to his dead mother.
(b) After he starts writing spells in his journal.
(c) After he starts praying all the time.
(d) After he brings back the fourth hand of the enemy.

3. What animal does Alfa compare Mademba to when he suffers as he dies?
(a) A snake.
(b) A dog.
(c) A peacock.
(d) An old solitary lion.

4. What was the only thing Alfa was thinking about as Mademba died?
(a) His own starvation.
(b) His prayers to his mother.
(c) How he himself would survive the day.
(d) Getting revenge on the soldier who killed Mademba.

5. How old is Alfa when the novel starts?
(a) 18.
(b) 35.
(c) 40.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Alfa describe Captain Armand physically?

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

3. How does Alfa describe his mother's and father's relationship?

4. What rumor begins to spread about Alfa in Chapter VI?

5. How does Alfa always kill the enemy soldiers?

(see the answer key)

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