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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 Petya’s body lies on the asphalt, what does Alfonso wonder?
(a) Why he, Alfonso, is alive.
(b) Why his town is being taken over.
(c) Why people kill other people.
(d) Why Petya had to spit in the Sergeant's face.

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

3. “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) 10.
(b) 14.
(c) 24.
(d) 4.

4. Sonya had once said that that she would be doing what the day they came to arrest her?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Singing.
(c) Playing the piano.
(d) Fighting.

5. What do Sonya and Alfonso teach others in Central Square?
(a) Sign language.
(b) Puppetry.
(c) Dance.
(d) Russian.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens if townspeople show signs of deafness?

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

4. How does Sonya die?

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

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