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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. What do the townspeople do in “A City Like a Guillotine Shivers on Its Way to the Neck” in response to the killing of the soldier?
(a) They scream and cry in agony and fear.
(b) They are silent.
(c) They try to hide Alfonso.
(d) They cheer and pat Alfonso’s back.

2. To what does the speaker say is the only barricade for the townspeople?
(a) A river.
(b) Furniture.
(c) Deafness.
(d) Faith.

3. For whom is Alfonso looking for initially in “4 a.m. Bombardment”?
(a) A soldier.
(b) His child.
(c) A neighbor.
(d) A man that resembles him.

4. The speaker says that Alfonso played the accordion out of tune where the only musical instrument of his country is what?
(a) The door.
(b) The harp.
(c) The accordion.
(d) The balalaika.

5. Alfonso says that who have something to tell that not even they can hear?
(a) The deaf.
(b) The soldiers.
(c) Ordinary people.
(d) Children.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Momma Galya First Protested,” Momma Galya smokes a cigarette and shouts to the soldiers to do what?

2. In “Galya’s Puppeteers,” one of Galya’s puppeteers does what to Ivanoff before killing him?

3. The soldiers initially go to her theater to arrest Galya but then do what?

4. Punishment for the murder of the soldiers by the puppeteers has led to what?

5. Alfonso and three-day old Anushka come home to their apartment where they find what?

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