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

2. In “We Lived Happily during the War,” America is described as falling how?
(a) Hard and fast.
(b) One politician at a time.
(c) Like snowflakes in a snow storm.
(d) Invisible house by invisible house.

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

4. In “Still Newlyweds,” Alfonso says that when Sonya steps out of the shower, it does what?
(a) Reminds him that there is a God.
(b) It overwhelms him.
(c) Gives him another reason why he married her.
(d) Calms the entire nation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Alfonso says that you can have sex with anyone, but you cannot do what with just anyone?

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. In “We Lived Happily before the War,” how does the speaker refer to America?

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

5. Alfonso says that a bathtub, infant, and marriage bed are what?

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