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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where are most of the other Black soldiers from in the unit?
(a) China.
(b) West Africa.
(c) The Middle East.
(d) Russia.
2. How do the other soldiers react to Alfa when he comes back to the trench in Chapter II?
(a) They shun him.
(b) They welcome him as a hero.
(c) They tell him he should have left Mademba's body behind.
(d) They say a prayer for him.
3. Where do the soldiers Alfa kills in the night always come out of?
(a) A church.
(b) A kitchen.
(c) An outhouse.
(d) A mortal-shell hole.
4. What color eyes do Alfa's enemy soldiers always have?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Grey.
5. 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 responsible for Mademba's death by mocking Mademba's totem.
(b) He is going to have to kill many men to make up for Mademba's death.
(c) He is going to have to pray very hard to redeem himself.
(d) He is going to hell himself.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Captain Armand signal to his own men that an attack is about to begin?
2. When do Alfa's trenchmates begin to really fear him?
3. When does Captain Armand finally call Alfa in to have a serious talk about his conduct regarding enemy soldiers?
4. What rumor begins to spread about Alfa in Chapter VI?
5. What work of Pascal Quignard's does Diop reference in the beginning of Part I?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Alfa say he becomes when he goes out to seek the vengeance on German's for Mademba's death?
2. How does Alfa repeatedly refer to Mademba in the narration?
3. What does Alfa think about his fellow soldiers and his perceptions of who is really is in Part I?
4. How does Mademba Diop die?
5. What phrase does Alfa Ndiaye begin repeating immediately in Part I?
6. What does Captain Armand want Alfa to do in Part II?
7. What does Mademba ask Alfa to do as Mademba lays mortally wounded on the battlefield?
8. Why does Alfa think both the Germans and his own allied soldiers flee from him?
9. What does Alfa really think about Captain Armand's praise for Black soldiers?
10. How does Alfa always kill the German soldiers he kills after Mademba's death?
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