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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through We Lived Happily During the War - Soldiers Aim at Us.

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. In “We Lived Happily during the War,” America is described as falling how?
(a) Like snowflakes in a snow storm.
(b) One politician at a time.
(c) Hard and fast.
(d) Invisible house by invisible house.

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

4. The poet says that when Petya is shot, a sound is not heard by the crowd, but what is noticed?
(a) The soldiers disperse.
(b) The sound sends the birds up into the air.
(c) The look of revenge on the Sergeant's face.
(d) It begins to rain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When an army jeep pulls up into Central Square, what does the Seargeant inside tell the crowd to do?

2. “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?

3. The section ends with Alfonso saying that a man cannot flick off the sky. Why?

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

5. “Gunshot” begins by comparing the country to what?

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