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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Checkpoints - For His Wife.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alfonso says Sonya speaks against silence, all the while knowing what?
(a) Silence leads to speaking.
(b) Silence will never end.
(c) She cannot stay silent.
(d) She will be caught.

2. How many soldiers shove Sonya across town?
(a) 8.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

3. Why does Alfonso say he is answerable in “Alfonso Stands Answerable”?
(a) He shoots an officer.
(b) He runs away down the street.
(c) He hides behind his wife.
(d) He threatens his neighbors.

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

5. In “Alfonso Stands Answerable,” to whom is he answerable?
(a) His wife.
(b) His town.
(c) The soldiers.
(d) Life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sonya and Alfonso sneak through the city telling everyone to do what?

2. When an army jeep pulls up into Central Square, what does the Seargeant inside tell the crowd to do?

3. Alfonso says he does not know much more about Sonya than the freckles on her shoulders. How does this make him feel?

4. What do Sonya and Alfonso teach others in Central Square?

5. In “We Lived Happily during the War,” an unknown speaker says that when homes are bombed, what happens?

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