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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. 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 river.
(d) The water.

2. The speaker says that to live is more than just to love; one must also be what?
(a) A bit foolish.
(b) Willing to let go.
(c) Carefree.
(d) Willing to learn.

3. Galya is compared to what, as she steals bread from market stalls but also as she cannot help but touch Anushka’s baby clothes in the laundry basket.
(a) God.
(b) The wind.
(c) A rat.
(d) A ghost.

4. What group of people has been arrested following the murder of the soldiers by the puppeteers?
(a) All the men on Tedna Street.
(b) All the puppeteers.
(c) All the women on Tedna Street.
(d) All the women of Vasenka.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Alfonso doing when Sonya is taken by force in a jeep?

2. How do the soldiers torture Alfonso?

3. How do the young men of Vasenka want to take revenge on the men who killed Sonya?

4. The townspeople want to leave their funerals and help Momma Galya drop off what in the mailboxes of those who have been arrested?

5. How "Soldiers Don't Like Looking Foolish" end?

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