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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. Galya says she is not deaf but has told the world to do what?
(a) Quiet down a bit.
(b) Stop shrieking.
(c) Go away and leave her alone.
(d) Shut off its crazy music for a while.

2. Galya is compared to what, as she steals bread from market stalls but also as she cannot help but touch Anushka’s baby clothes in the laundry basket.
(a) A ghost.
(b) God.
(c) The wind.
(d) A rat.

3. When Alfonso and Sonya are on the bridge, what does he notice about the helicopter overhead?
(a) It is trying to fire at them.
(b) It puts a spotlight on Sonya.
(c) It does not see them.
(d) It looks like it might crash.

4. Sonya stands and holds up a sign that someone has given her. What does the sign say?
(a) We will not give in.
(b) For Petya.
(c) Do not tread on me.
(d) The people are deaf.

5. Sonya had once said that that she would be doing what the day they came to arrest her?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Playing the piano.
(d) Singing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Lullaby,” what does Alfonso call his baby?

2. The speaker says that those who make love may borrow the light from who?

3. Galya compares her body to what, so that God can watch the small child pulling up on a chair and Galya’s neighbors get arrested?

4. The poet says that when Petya is shot, a sound is not heard by the crowd, but what is noticed?

5. What do girls and boys do to the soldier?

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