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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 what poem does the country wake up the next day and, in the name of Petya, refuse to hear the soldiers in the streets?
(a) "Deafness, an Insurgency Begins."
(b) "Soldiers Aim at Us."
(c) "Gunshot."
(d) "Alfonso, in the Snow."

2. How do the townspeople in “Alfonso Stands Answerable” respond to the police?
(a) With violent protests.
(b) With peaceful marches.
(c) With stealing and rioting.
(d) With deafness.

3. How do the young men of Vasenka want to take revenge on the men who killed Sonya?
(a) They want to burn down the town.
(b) They want to perform a public killing of one of the soldiers.
(c) They want to form a militia.
(d) They want to purchase rifles.

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

5. After curfew, the families of those who have had loved ones arrested do what as a form of resistance?
(a) Keep their lights on.
(b) Play music.
(c) Hang the shoes of their loved ones outside their doors.
(d) Hang puppets outside their homes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to those who are caught unable to hear the soldiers?

3. What Alfonso cannot believe about his door-slamming wife?

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

5. How much does Sonya and Alfonso’s daughter weigh at birth?

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