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

2. In “Still Newlyweds,” Alfonso says that when Sonya steps out of the shower, it does what?
(a) It overwhelms him.
(b) Gives him another reason why he married her.
(c) Calms the entire nation.
(d) Reminds him that there is a God.

3. In “We Lived Happily during the War,” an unknown speaker says that when homes are bombed, what happens?
(a) People will do anything to survive.
(b) People run for cover.
(c) People protest, but it is too little too late.
(d) People fight for their freedom.

4. How do the townspeople in “Alfonso Stands Answerable” respond to the police?
(a) With violent protests.
(b) With stealing and rioting.
(c) With peaceful marches.
(d) With deafness.

5. As Petya’s body lies on the asphalt, what does Alfonso wonder?
(a) Why Petya had to spit in the Sergeant's face.
(b) Why he, Alfonso, is alive.
(c) Why his town is being taken over.
(d) Why people kill other people.

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 what poem does the country wake up the next day and, in the name of Petya, refuse to hear the soldiers in the streets?

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

4. How does the audience respond when the sergeant puppet reacts to Petya’s sneeze?

5. “In Soldiers Aim at Us,” what do the soldiers do to make the townspeople run away, so they can get Petya’s body?

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