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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Townspeople Speak of Galya on Her Green Bicycle - Soldiers Don't Like Looking Foolish.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. No one stands up for Alfonso. What do they say?
(a) Nothing.
(b) We can barely stand up for ourselves.
(c) Our silence stands up for us.
(d) We are afraid.

2. What are the little bundles in “The Little Bundles”?
(a) Loaves of bread wrapped up in cloth.
(b) Galya and Anushka's belongings.
(c) Anushka’s hair as it is cut and falls onto her shoulders.
(d) Laundry.

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

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

5. What do Sonya and Alfonso teach others in Central Square?
(a) Dance.
(b) Sign language.
(c) Russian.
(d) Puppetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the boys pay Alfonso for killing the soldier?

2. What does Alfonso say about his wife’s words and actions in “Before the War, We Made a Child”?

3. How do the townspeople in “Alfonso Stands Answerable” respond to the police?

4. In “Alfonso, in the Snow,” Alfonso talks to himself saying he is alive and must do what?

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

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