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

2. As Sonya shouts, and the townspeople see in her cry and gaping mouth, what does the poet say can be seen?
(a) The evil that has arrived to their town.
(b) Sonya's pain and anguish.
(c) The nakedness of the whole nation.
(d) Her throat.

3. Alfonso says he does not know much more about Sonya than the freckles on her shoulders. How does this make him feel?
(a) It makes him want to get to know her on a deeper level.
(b) It worries him.
(c) It thrills him but also makes him feel alone.
(d) It reminds him that they are newlyweds.

4. Alfonso says that you can have sex with anyone, but you cannot do what with just anyone?
(a) Sit in water.
(b) Love them.
(c) Die for them.
(d) Care for them.

5. “Gunshot” begins by comparing the country to what?
(a) The barrel of a gun.
(b) A stage.
(c) A shooting.
(d) A bullet.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “We Lived Happily during the War,” America is described as falling how?

2. When Alfonso and Sonya are on the bridge, what does he notice about the helicopter overhead?

3. What do the signs around town say is the danger of deafness?

4. In “Checkpoints” where do the soldiers set up hearing testing sites?

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

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