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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Townspeople Speak of Galya on Her Green Bicycle - Soldiers Don't Like Looking Foolish.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “In the Bright Sleeve of the Sky,” why does Alfonso sometimes light a lamp?
(a) So he can see.
(b) So he cannot see.
(c) So he can feel warmth.
(d) To cheer himself up.

2. What do girls and boys do to the soldier?
(a) They spit at him.
(b) They hit him.
(c) They dance with him.
(d) They spray water on him.

3. The speaker in “Such Is the Story Made of Stubbornness and a Little Air” asks that they be allowed to wash their faces in what?
(a) The earth.
(b) The wind.
(c) The water.
(d) The river.

4. In “Such Is the Story Made of Stubbornness and a Little Air,” the speaker says that the story is of those who danced how before God?
(a) Fearless.
(b) Wordless.
(c) Joyfully.
(d) Willingly.

5. In “Question,” what is the response when the speaker asks the question, “What is a child”?
(a) The future of the whole world.
(b) The quiet found between two bombardments.
(c) The physical love of two people.
(d) Our only hope.

Short Answer Questions

1. The speaker says that to live is more than just to love; one must also be what?

2. To what does the speaker say is the only barricade for the townspeople?

3. What of Sonya’s does Alfonso put on after her death?

4. In “Question,” the speaker asks what a man is and responds how?

5. How do the puppeteers kill the soldiers?

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