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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. What phrase does Alfa end Chapter III with?
(a) God knows his plan.
(b) I know, I understand.
(c) At night, all blood is black.
(d) Revenge is righteous.

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

3. 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) Odette.
(c) Monique.
(d) Claire.

4. 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) Due to a prank from a soldier-friend, Jean-Baptiste.
(d) He gave one as an offering to his sorcerer mentor.

5. What does Alfa think of his doctor, as he articulates his feelings in Chapter XVI?
(a) He seems completely untroubled by all the wounds he has seen from the war.
(b) He is a negligent man.
(c) He is a good man.
(d) He might not actually be a doctor, considering how ill at ease he is around blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alfa think Fary Thiam started doing before he did?

2. What alias does Alfa jokingly suggest to Mademba that Mademba could use if he became a wrestler?

3. Who is Alfa's only real white friend among his fellow soldiers?

4. What does Alfa do when a retreat is called, in the wake of Mademba's death?

5. Where do the soldiers Alfa kills in the night always come out of?

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