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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 stands and holds up a sign that someone has given her. What does the sign say?
(a) We will not give in.
(b) Do not tread on me.
(c) For Petya.
(d) The people are deaf.

2. In “We Lived Happily during the War,” an unknown speaker says that when homes are bombed, what happens?
(a) People run for cover.
(b) People will do anything to survive.
(c) People protest, but it is too little too late.
(d) People fight for their freedom.

3. In “The Map of Bones and Open Valves,” the townspeople act deaf, so the soldiers begin doing what?
(a) Ignoring them.
(b) Learning sign language.
(c) Examining everyone’s ears.
(d) Teaching the people sign language.

4. Sonya and Alfonso sneak through the city telling everyone to do what?
(a) Hide.
(b) Forge illegal papers.
(c) Be courageous.
(d) Run away.

5. Alfonso says that in the nursery, quiet hisses like what?
(a) A snake in a river.
(b) A match dropped in water.
(c) A gas leak.
(d) The steam from a radiator.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the audience respond when the sergeant puppet reacts to Petya’s sneeze?

2. When the Sergeant calls to Petya, what does Petya do?

3. What does Alfonso say about his wife’s words and actions in “Before the War, We Made a Child”?

4. What happens if townspeople show signs of deafness?

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

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