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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. 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) Their fear.
(b) Something silent inside of them.
(c) Their faith in the Lord.
(d) Their ability to hear.

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

3. How does the audience respond when the sergeant puppet reacts to Petya’s sneeze?
(a) They laugh.
(b) They begin to shout angrily.
(c) They become nervous.
(d) They freeze.

4. Sonya and Alfonso sneak through the city telling everyone to do what?
(a) Hide.
(b) Run away.
(c) Be courageous.
(d) Forge illegal papers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the townspeople do when soldiers arrive back in the square to take Petya’s body?

2. The speaker tells God that he can be found, like what beak, pecking everywhere at astonishment?

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

4. To whom does Alfonso thank for the deafness of the townspeople?

5. How do the townspeople in “Alfonso Stands Answerable” respond to the police?

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