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

2. The speaker tells God that he can be found, like what beak, pecking everywhere at astonishment?
(a) A dove’s.
(b) A duck’s.
(c) A cardinal’s.
(d) A pigeon’s.

3. 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) Joyfully.
(b) Wordless.
(c) Fearless.
(d) Willingly.

4. How does the audience respond when the sergeant puppet reacts to Petya’s sneeze?
(a) They laugh.
(b) They become nervous.
(c) They begin to shout angrily.
(d) They freeze.

5. When Alfonso and Sonya are on the bridge, what does he notice about the helicopter overhead?
(a) It does not see them.
(b) It is trying to fire at them.
(c) It puts a spotlight on Sonya.
(d) It looks like it might crash.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alfonso says that in the nursery, quiet hisses like what?

2. What does Sonya call Alfonso, playfully, In “While the Child Sleeps, Sonya Undresses"?

3. Alfonso says that who have something to tell that not even they can hear?

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

5. In what poem does the country wake up the next day and, in the name of Petya, refuse to hear the soldiers in the streets?

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