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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. Alfonso says there is such fire from what?
(a) A nearby forest fire.
(b) A match the Lord never lit.
(c) Pain and suffering.
(d) Burning buildings.

2. After curfew, the families of those who have had loved ones arrested do what as a form of resistance?
(a) Play music.
(b) Hang the shoes of their loved ones outside their doors.
(c) Keep their lights on.
(d) Hang puppets outside their homes.

3. “Gunshot” begins by comparing the country to what?
(a) A bullet.
(b) The barrel of a gun.
(c) A shooting.
(d) A stage.

4. In what poem does the country wake up the next day and, in the name of Petya, refuse to hear the soldiers in the streets?
(a) "Gunshot."
(b) "Deafness, an Insurgency Begins."
(c) "Soldiers Aim at Us."
(d) "Alfonso, in the Snow."

5. In “Alfonso Stands Answerable,” how does the narrator describe the people of town on the first day of arrests?
(a) Brave.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Angry.
(d) Scared.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Petya’s body lies on the asphalt, what does Alfonso wonder?

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

3. When Alfonso and Sonya are on the bridge, what does he notice about the helicopter overhead?

4. “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?

5. When the Sergeant calls to Petya, what does Petya do?

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