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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 “A City Like a Guillotine Shivers on Its Way to the Neck,” what does Alfonso do?
(a) He stumbles away from the dead body.
(b) He dances in the street.
(c) He sings at the top of his lungs.
(d) He runs quickly away.

2. To whom does Alfonso thank for the deafness of the townspeople?
(a) The townspeople.
(b) The soldiers.
(c) His wife.
(d) The Lord.

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

4. How does Sonya die?
(a) By lethal injection.
(b) By hanging.
(c) By suicide.
(d) By firing squad.

5. How do the young men of Vasenka want to take revenge on the men who killed Sonya?
(a) They want to perform a public killing of one of the soldiers.
(b) They want to form a militia.
(c) They want to purchase rifles.
(d) They want to burn down the town.

Short Answer Questions

1. “Gunshot” begins by comparing the country to what?

2. In “Lullaby,” what does Alfonso call his baby?

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

4. In “Checkpoints” where do the soldiers set up hearing testing sites?

5. What does the sign say that is hanging around Sonya’s neck?

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