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

2. Alfonso says that in the nursery, quiet hisses like what?
(a) A match dropped in water.
(b) The steam from a radiator.
(c) A snake in a river.
(d) A gas leak.

3. To whom does Alfonso thank for the deafness of the townspeople?
(a) The townspeople.
(b) His wife.
(c) The Lord.
(d) The soldiers.

4. When the Sergeant calls to Petya, what does Petya do?
(a) He stops giggling and grows silent.
(b) He tries to hide.
(c) He spits in his face.
(d) He shouts at the Sergeant.

5. What happens if townspeople show signs of deafness?
(a) They are ignored.
(b) They are sent for surgery.
(c) They are told to go home and quaratine.
(d) They are to turn themselves in.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In “Central Square,” those who are arrested are forced to walk how?

3. Alfonso says that who have something to tell that not even they can hear?

4. In “Of Weddings before the War,” what does the speaker NOT mention?

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

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