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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. Sonya had once said that that she would be doing what the day they came to arrest her?
(a) Playing the piano.
(b) Singing.
(c) Fighting.
(d) Dancing.

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

3. After curfew, the families of those who have had loved ones arrested do what as a form of resistance?
(a) Hang puppets outside their homes.
(b) Play music.
(c) Hang the shoes of their loved ones outside their doors.
(d) Keep their lights on.

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

5. In “Alfonso, in the Snow,” Alfonso talks to himself saying he is alive and must do what?
(a) Run.
(b) Listen.
(c) Hurry.
(d) Hide.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alfonso says he does not know much more about Sonya than the freckles on her shoulders. How does this make him feel?

2. Alfonso says there is such fire from what?

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

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

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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