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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. In “We Lived Happily before the War,” how does the speaker refer to America?
(a) A country of diversity.
(b) A country of the courageous.
(c) A country of money.
(d) A country of freedom.

2. What are the philosophical words mentioned in “Eulogy”?
(a) To love is to live.
(b) To live is to love.
(c) We must speak not only of great devastation.
(d) We must always have hope.

3. In “Lullaby,” Galya, tells the late caterpillars what?
(a) They should go back in their cocoons.
(b) They are too late.
(c) The had better hurry and become butterflies.
(d) The battle is worth the weapons.

4. How much does Sonya and Alfonso’s daughter weigh at birth?
(a) 6 pounds.
(b) 8 pounds.
(c) 5 pounds.
(d) 7 pounds.

5. What do Galya’s neighbors do when she shouts?
(a) They run out to help her.
(b) They ask her what is wrong.
(c) They point to their ears and shut their windows.
(d) They notify the police.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the four signs that end the poem, “And Yet, on Some Nights”?

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

3. In “Townspeople Speak of Galya on Her Green Bicycle,” what does it say Momma Galya Armolinskaya has more of than anyone else in town?

4. In “In Bombardment, Galya,” how many consecutive days of aerial attacks has Vasenka suffered?

5. In “Alfonso Stands Answerable,” to whom is he answerable?

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