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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. As Sonya shouts, and the townspeople see in her cry and gaping mouth, what does the poet say can be seen?
(a) Sonya's pain and anguish.
(b) Her throat.
(c) The nakedness of the whole nation.
(d) The evil that has arrived to their town.

2. Alfonso says that you can have sex with anyone, but you cannot do what with just anyone?
(a) Love them.
(b) Die for them.
(c) Care for them.
(d) Sit in water.

3. Before midday arrests begin to take place, and the speaker says that the people’s hearing has not diminished but what has grown stronger?
(a) Something silent inside of them.
(b) Their fear.
(c) Their ability to hear.
(d) Their faith in the Lord.

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

5. What does Sonya call Alfonso, playfully, In “While the Child Sleeps, Sonya Undresses"?
(a) Lover.
(b) Stranger.
(c) Young man.
(d) Pig.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In “Of Weddings before the War,” what does the speaker NOT mention?

3. What does Alfonso say is left of Sonya, as she is being pushed around by the soldiers?

4. For whom is Alfonso looking for initially in “4 a.m. Bombardment”?

5. 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?

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