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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Checkpoints - For His Wife.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sonya call Alfonso, playfully, In “While the Child Sleeps, Sonya Undresses"?
(a) Stranger.
(b) Pig.
(c) Lover.
(d) Young man.

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

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

4. When the puppet mimics the demand of the military personnel, all freeze but Petya. What does he do?
(a) He continues to tell the story with his puppet.
(b) He becomes angry.
(c) He cries.
(d) He continues to giggle.

5. Alfonso says that who have something to tell that not even they can hear?
(a) The deaf.
(b) Ordinary people.
(c) The soldiers.
(d) Children.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the speaker say is the only barricade for the townspeople?

2. The poet says that when Petya is shot, a sound is not heard by the crowd, but what is noticed?

3. Who does Alfonso say picks breadcrumbs from each citizen’s eyes and watches their legs as they run and fall?

4. How much does Sonya and Alfonso’s daughter weigh at birth?

5. How is Petya’s body treated by the soldiers?

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