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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through I, This Body - Such is the Story Made of Stubbornness and a Little Air.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alfonso says that who have something to tell that not even they can hear?
(a) The soldiers.
(b) The deaf.
(c) Ordinary people.
(d) Children.

2. 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 reminds him that they are newlyweds.
(c) It worries him.
(d) It thrills him but also makes him feel alone.

3. For what food can people view a naked Sonya?
(a) Meat.
(b) An apple.
(c) A loaf of bread.
(d) Alcohol.

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

5. As Petya’s body lies on the asphalt, what does Alfonso wonder?
(a) Why people kill other people.
(b) Why he, Alfonso, is alive.
(c) Why his town is being taken over.
(d) Why Petya had to spit in the Sergeant's face.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the townspeople do when soldiers arrive back in the square to take Petya’s body?

2. What does the sign say that is hanging around the neck of a drunk soldier?

3. In “The Map of Bones and Open Valves,” the townspeople act deaf, so the soldiers begin doing what?

4. The speaker says that Alfonso played the accordion out of tune where the only musical instrument of his country is what?

5. In “Question,” the speaker asks what a man is and responds how?

(see the answer key)

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