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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. In “We Lived Happily before the War,” it has been how many months since America has had a terrible leader?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 12.

2. How is Petya’s body treated by the soldiers?
(a) It is quickly picked up and put in a truck.
(b) It is dragged away with little care or dignity for him.
(c) It is left for the dogs.
(d) It is carefully put on a gurney and wheeled away.

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

4. To what does the speaker say is the only barricade for the townspeople?
(a) Furniture.
(b) Faith.
(c) Deafness.
(d) A river.

5. What do the signs around town say is the danger of deafness?
(a) It is a sign of cancer.
(b) It is deadly.
(c) It is contagious.
(d) It is hard to correct.

Short Answer Questions

1. The speaker tells God that he can be found, like what beak, pecking everywhere at astonishment?

2. What is the purpose of “Dramatis Personae”?

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

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

5. What does Alfonso say is left of Sonya, as she is being pushed around by the soldiers?

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