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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through I, This Body - Such is the Story Made of Stubbornness and a Little Air.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alfonso say about his wife’s words and actions in “Before the War, We Made a Child”?
(a) They are sweet and innocent.
(b) They are the words of a young bride.
(c) They kind and gentle.
(d) They are all requests for him to join her in bed.

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

3. What does Alfonso say is left of Sonya, as she is being pushed around by the soldiers?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Her love for her people.
(c) Her silence.
(d) A puppet that speaks only in sign language.

4. In “Of Weddings before the War,” what does the speaker NOT mention?
(a) The arrival of soldiers to town.
(b) Coins.
(c) A taxi ride.
(d) A large, expensive wedding gown.

5. In “Lullaby,” what does Alfonso call his baby?
(a) Little angel.
(b) Little earth.
(c) Little one.
(d) Little baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Elegy,” how many words does Alfonso pray?

2. What is something Alfonso does NOT say protects his daughter, in “Lullaby”?

3. The section ends with Alfonso saying that a man cannot flick off the sky. Why?

4. Alfonso says there is such fire from what?

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

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