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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. When Alfonso talks to himself, for what does he long?
(a) His wife’s voice.
(b) Silence.
(c) Sedation.
(d) A new life.

2. “In Soldiers Aim at Us,” what do the soldiers do to make the townspeople run away, so they can get Petya’s body?
(a) They physically remove them from around Petya.
(b) They shout at them.
(c) They fire their weapons.
(d) They rush at the townspeople and knock them over.

3. Galya says she is not deaf but has told the world to do what?
(a) Go away and leave her alone.
(b) Shut off its crazy music for a while.
(c) Quiet down a bit.
(d) Stop shrieking.

4. To whom does Alfonso thank for the deafness of the townspeople?
(a) The soldiers.
(b) The Lord.
(c) His wife.
(d) The townspeople.

5. Alfonso says he does not know much more about Sonya than the freckles on her shoulders. How does this make him feel?
(a) It reminds him that they are newlyweds.
(b) It makes him want to get to know her on a deeper level.
(c) It thrills him but also makes him feel alone.
(d) It worries him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the boys do before the attack on the soldier takes place?

2. Sonya stands and holds up a sign that someone has given her. What does the sign say?

3. In “We Lived Happily during the War,” an unknown speaker says that when homes are bombed, what happens?

4. In “We Lived Happily before the War,” how does the speaker refer to America?

5. In “A Cigarette,” the speaker tells the reader to watch and see how the townspeople of Vasenka do not realize that they are proof of what?

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