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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 happens to those who are caught unable to hear the soldiers?
(a) They are shot on the spot.
(b) They are put in stocks.
(c) They are beaten.
(d) They are hauled away in trucks.

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

3. Why does Alfonso say he is answerable in “Alfonso Stands Answerable”?
(a) He hides behind his wife.
(b) He runs away down the street.
(c) He shoots an officer.
(d) He threatens his neighbors.

4. Alfonso says Sonya speaks against silence, all the while knowing what?
(a) She cannot stay silent.
(b) Silence leads to speaking.
(c) She will be caught.
(d) Silence will never end.

5. What is Alfonso doing when Sonya is taken by force in a jeep?
(a) Rocking Anushka.
(b) Begging for her to be released.
(c) Out looking for bread.
(d) Hiding in the closet with Anushka.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Alfonso says that in the nursery, quiet hisses like what?

3. Alfonso says that Sonya’s voice, although it cannot be heard, is what?

4. In “Question,” what is the response when the speaker asks the question, “What is a child”?

5. In “What We Cannot Hear,” Sonya is forced into an army jeep one morning in what month?

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