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

2. The section ends with Alfonso saying that a man cannot flick off the sky. Why?
(a) It is not right to act this way.
(b) It is too dangerous to do this.
(c) There are too many more important things to do.
(d) Every person on the earth is already a finger flipped at the sky.

3. In “We Lived Happily before the War,” it has been how many months since America has had a terrible leader?
(a) 12.
(b) 2.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

4. In “Of Weddings before the War,” what does the speaker NOT mention?
(a) A taxi ride.
(b) The arrival of soldiers to town.
(c) A large, expensive wedding gown.
(d) Coins.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In “The Map of Bones and Open Valves,” the townspeople act deaf, so the soldiers begin doing what?

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

3. In “Alfonso, in the Snow,” Alfonso talks to himself saying he is alive and must do what?

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

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

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