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

2. Sonya stands and holds up a sign that someone has given her. What does the sign say?
(a) Do not tread on me.
(b) The people are deaf.
(c) For Petya.
(d) We will not give in.

3. “Gunshot” begins by comparing the country to what?
(a) The barrel of a gun.
(b) A stage.
(c) A bullet.
(d) A shooting.

4. In “Checkpoints” where do the soldiers set up hearing testing sites?
(a) In the shopping district.
(b) In a few poor neighborhoods.
(c) All over town.
(d) In Central Square.

5. What does the sign say that is hanging around Sonya’s neck?
(a) She is deaf.
(b) She resisted arrest.
(c) She is a thief.
(d) She is an enemy of the state.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sonya had once said that that she would be doing what the day they came to arrest her?

2. In “Alfonso Stands Answerable,” to whom is he answerable?

3. Alfonso says Sonya speaks against silence, all the while knowing what?

4. In “What We Cannot Hear,” Sonya is forced into an army jeep one morning in what month?

5. What does Alfonso do to entertain his daughter?

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