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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 he does not know much more about Sonya than the freckles on her shoulders. How does this make him feel?
(a) It makes him want to get to know her on a deeper level.
(b) It reminds him that they are newlyweds.
(c) It thrills him but also makes him feel alone.
(d) It worries him.

2. What do the signs around town say is the danger of deafness?
(a) It is contagious.
(b) It is deadly.
(c) It is a sign of cancer.
(d) It is hard to correct.

3. “In Soldiers Aim at Us,” what do the soldiers do to make the townspeople run away, so they can get Petya’s body?
(a) They shout at them.
(b) They physically remove them from around Petya.
(c) They rush at the townspeople and knock them over.
(d) They fire their weapons.

4. As the morning begins and the town comes to life, soldiers stand about looking for those who are deaf, and Alfonso is desperately looking for whom?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) His child.
(c) A soldier.
(d) His pregnant wife.

5. In “Central Square,” those who are arrested are forced to walk how?
(a) With their feet chained together.
(b) Chained together.
(c) With their arms up.
(d) Backward.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “The Map of Bones and Open Valves,” the townspeople act deaf, so the soldiers begin doing what?

2. How does “A Dog Sniffs” begin?

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

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

5. As Petya’s body lies on the asphalt, what does Alfonso wonder?

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