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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Search Patrols - In a Time of Peace.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is done to the father of the people whose eyes Momma Galya is covering?
(a) He is hanged right in front of them.
(b) He is beaten with bats and clubs.
(c) He is forced to pull down his pants to be searched.
(d) He is taunted and ridiculed.

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

3. In “I, This Body,” begins with Alfonso being held up at Sonya’s funeral only by what?
(a) The hand of God.
(b) A cane.
(c) His neighbors.
(d) Mama Galya.

4. What does Galya teach the children to do with language in "Search Patrols"?
(a) Make a career out of it.
(b) Use it as a weapon.
(c) Make an anguish of language.
(d) Communicate with one another.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Galya’s neighbors do when she shouts?

2. In “In a Time of Peace,” neighbors do what as a police officer asks to see a man’s driver’s license and then shoots him?

3. When Anushka puts Galya’s finger in her mouth, what does she do?

4. In “Elegy,” how many words does Alfonso pray?

5. What do the townspeople try not to notice about Momma Galya?

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