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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 he does not know much more about Sonya than the freckles on her shoulders. How does this make him feel?
(a) It worries him.
(b) It thrills him but also makes him feel alone.
(c) It makes him want to get to know her on a deeper level.
(d) It reminds him that they are newlyweds.

2. 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.

3. Sonya stands and holds up a sign that someone has given her. What does the sign say?
(a) The people are deaf.
(b) We will not give in.
(c) For Petya.
(d) Do not tread on me.

4. When Alfonso and Sonya are on the bridge, what does he notice about the helicopter overhead?
(a) It looks like it might crash.
(b) It is trying to fire at them.
(c) It puts a spotlight on Sonya.
(d) It does not see them.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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. Before midday arrests begin to take place, and the speaker says that the people’s hearing has not diminished but what has grown stronger?

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. As Sonya shouts, and the townspeople see in her cry and gaping mouth, what does the poet say can be seen?

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