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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 that a bathtub, infant, and marriage bed are what?
(a) His world.
(b) His home.
(c) His country.
(d) His loves.

2. The poet says that when Petya is shot, a sound is not heard by the crowd, but what is noticed?
(a) The sound sends the birds up into the air.
(b) The look of revenge on the Sergeant's face.
(c) The soldiers disperse.
(d) It begins to rain.

3. How does “A Dog Sniffs” begin?
(a) Sonya is sleeping.
(b) The baby is crying.
(c) Sonya is nursing their baby, Anushka.
(d) Sonya is out looking for bread.

4. In what poem does the country wake up the next day and, in the name of Petya, refuse to hear the soldiers in the streets?
(a) "Alfonso, in the Snow."
(b) "Gunshot."
(c) "Deafness, an Insurgency Begins."
(d) "Soldiers Aim at Us."

5. What does Alfonso drink after Sonya is murdered?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Poison.
(c) Wine.
(d) Beer.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Sergeant calls to Petya, what does Petya do?

2. Sonya had once said that that she would be doing what the day they came to arrest her?

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

4. Alfonso says Sonya speaks against silence, all the while knowing what?

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

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