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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alfa do to preserve the hands he severs?
(a) Puts them in clay pots.
(b) Coats them in salt.
(c) Buries them.
(d) Washes them.

2. What entreaty to Mademba does Alfa finish Chapter I with?
(a) He asks Mademba to pray for him.
(b) He asks Mademba to forgive him.
(c) He asks Mademba to avenge him.
(d) He asks Mademba to tell his mother he loves her if he sees her in heaven.

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

4. Why does Alfa ask Mademba to describe the soldier who stabbed him?
(a) Alfa wants to cast a spell on the soldier.
(b) Alfa wants to kill the soldier.
(c) Alfa wants to take the soldier's picture.
(d) Alfa wants to report the soldier.

5. Who wrote, "We embraced each other by our names?"
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Byron.
(c) Montaigne.
(d) Joyce.

6. Why was it particularly dangerous for Alfa to do what he did with Mademba's body in Chapter II?
(a) He knew the spirits would punish him for killing Mademba.
(b) It was considered taboo to carry another man's body on his back.
(c) He knew his own soldier comrades in the trenches would likely try to kill him when he returned.
(d) It was a bright moon, and the enemy soldiers could see Alfa more clearly.

7. What does Captain Armand wish to know the location of in Chapter VIII from Alfa?
(a) The severed hands.
(b) His money.
(c) His uniform.
(d) His crown.

8. What does Alfa's captain tell the soldiers in his unit think of Black soldiers like him?
(a) They think Black soldiers are the most intelligent soldiers of all.
(b) They think Black soldiers are not very smart.
(c) They like Black soldiers.
(d) They are afraid of them, considering them savages.

9. What term does Alfa's unit use to refer to Black soldiers?
(a) Chocolats.
(b) Night Hawks.
(c) Big Men.
(d) Sorcerers.

10. What does Jean-Baptiste do with the hand he steals from Alfa?
(a) Puts it on a German flag to humiliate the Germans.
(b) Wraps it in bandages and sticks it to his helmet.
(c) Burns it.
(d) Buries it.

11. What does Alfa begin to think almost as soon as Mademba is dead?
(a) That he should have fed Mademba.
(b) That he should have taken Mademba on an airplane home.
(c) That he should have slit Mademba's throat to put him out of his misery.
(d) That he should have performed his magic above Mademba.

12. When does Alfa always kill the enemy soldiers he kills?
(a) Once they have lost all their blood.
(b) Once they have called for reinforcements.
(c) Once they have said a prayer.
(d) Once they have made their second plea to him with their eyes.

13. How do the Germans kill Jean-Baptiste?
(a) They hang him.
(b) They shoot his head clean off.
(c) They stab him.
(d) They run over him with a tank.

14. What medal is Alfa told he will be awarded in Part II?
(a) The Purple Heart.
(b) The Gold Star.
(c) The Wallingford.
(d) The Croix de Guerre.

15. 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) His commander's whistle.
(c) Jean-Baptiste's songs.
(d) His own prayers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alfa claim he reeks of?

2. How does Captain Armand signal to his own men that an attack is about to begin?

3. What words do Alfa's translator in Part II say over and over?

4. What does Alfa always come back to the trenches with after Mademba dies?

5. What does Alfa always do first to the soldiers he is going to kill?

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