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

2. How much does Sonya and Alfonso’s daughter weigh at birth?
(a) 8 pounds.
(b) 7 pounds.
(c) 6 pounds.
(d) 5 pounds.

3. How do the townspeople in “Alfonso Stands Answerable” respond to the police?
(a) With violent protests.
(b) With peaceful marches.
(c) With stealing and rioting.
(d) With deafness.

4. The section ends with Alfonso saying that a man cannot flick off the sky. Why?
(a) It is too dangerous to do this.
(b) Every person on the earth is already a finger flipped at the sky.
(c) It is not right to act this way.
(d) There are too many more important things to do.

5. “In As Soldiers March, Alfonso Covers the Boy’s Face with a Newspaper,” how many people watch as Sonya puts the now-dead Petya’s glasses back on his face?
(a) 14.
(b) 24.
(c) 4.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Alfonso say picks breadcrumbs from each citizen’s eyes and watches their legs as they run and fall?

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

4. Alfonso says that a bathtub, infant, and marriage bed are what?

5. Alfonso says that you can have sex with anyone, but you cannot do what with just anyone?

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