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

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

3. How much does Sonya and Alfonso’s daughter weigh at birth?
(a) 5 pounds.
(b) 8 pounds.
(c) 6 pounds.
(d) 7 pounds.

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

5. In “Checkpoints” where do the soldiers set up hearing testing sites?
(a) In Central Square.
(b) All over town.
(c) In a few poor neighborhoods.
(d) In the shopping district.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what food can people view a naked Sonya?

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

3. When an army jeep pulls up into Central Square, what does the Seargeant inside tell the crowd to do?

4. “Gunshot” begins by comparing the country to what?

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

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