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

2. To what does the speaker say is the only barricade for the townspeople?
(a) A river.
(b) Faith.
(c) Deafness.
(d) Furniture.

3. As Sonya shouts, and the townspeople see in her cry and gaping mouth, what does the poet say can be seen?
(a) The evil that has arrived to their town.
(b) Her throat.
(c) Sonya's pain and anguish.
(d) The nakedness of the whole nation.

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?
(a) 14.
(b) 24.
(c) 4.
(d) 10.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After curfew, the families of those who have had loved ones arrested do what as a form of resistance?

2. Alfonso says Sonya speaks against silence, all the while knowing what?

3. In “Still Newlyweds,” Alfonso says that when Sonya steps out of the shower, it does what?

4. What do the townspeople do when soldiers arrive back in the square to take Petya’s body?

5. In “The Townspeople Circle the Boy’s Body,” what is happening to the puppet lying near Petya?

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