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

2. What does Sonya call Alfonso, playfully, In “While the Child Sleeps, Sonya Undresses"?
(a) Lover.
(b) Young man.
(c) Stranger.
(d) Pig.

3. In “Alfonso, in the Snow,” Alfonso talks to himself saying he is alive and must do what?
(a) Hide.
(b) Hurry.
(c) Listen.
(d) Run.

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

5. In “Central Square,” those who are arrested are forced to walk how?
(a) Backward.
(b) With their arms up.
(c) With their feet chained together.
(d) Chained together.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what does the speaker compare the tossing of Alfonso on the sidewalk?

3. In “Alfonso Stands Answerable,” how does the narrator describe the people of town on the first day of arrests?

4. Sonya stands and holds up a sign that someone has given her. What does the sign say?

5. Sonya had once said that that she would be doing what the day they came to arrest her?

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