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

2. In “Lullaby,” what does Alfonso call his baby?
(a) Little baby.
(b) Little angel.
(c) Little one.
(d) Little earth.

3. In “A Cigarette,” the speaker tells the reader to watch and see how the townspeople of Vasenka do not realize that they are proof of what?
(a) Hope.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Love.
(d) Loss.

4. As Petya’s body lies on the asphalt, what does Alfonso wonder?
(a) Why people kill other people.
(b) Why his town is being taken over.
(c) Why he, Alfonso, is alive.
(d) Why Petya had to spit in the Sergeant's face.

5. When Alfonso and Sonya are on the bridge, what does he notice about the helicopter overhead?
(a) It is trying to fire at them.
(b) It does not see them.
(c) It puts a spotlight on Sonya.
(d) It looks like it might crash.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what poem does the country wake up the next day and, in the name of Petya, refuse to hear the soldiers in the streets?

3. How does “A Dog Sniffs” begin?

4. For whom is Alfonso looking for initially in “4 a.m. Bombardment”?

5. What do Sonya and Alfonso teach others in Central Square?

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