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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. What do two of Momma Galya’s puppeteers do in front of the checkpoint, to distract the soldiers?
(a) They get into a fight.
(b) They dance.
(c) They kiss.
(d) They put on a puppet show.

2. In “Alfonso Stands Answerable,” how does the narrator describe the people of town on the first day of arrests?
(a) Brave.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Angry.
(d) Scared.

3. During the day, Galya, riding her green bicycle, throws what at military checkpoints?
(a) Homemade explosive devices.
(b) Bombs.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Empty milk bottles.

4. What does Anushka achieve in “In Bombardment, Galya”?
(a) She begins to crawl.
(b) She takes her first steps.
(c) She eats her first solid food.
(d) She says her first word.

5. In “Elegy,” how many words does Alfonso pray?
(a) 10.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Alfonso and three-day old Anushka come home to their apartment where they find what?

3. What do Sonya and Alfonso teach others in Central Square?

4. Before midday arrests begin to take place, and the speaker says that the people’s hearing has not diminished but what has grown stronger?

5. In “In the Bright Sleeve of the Sky,” why does Alfonso sometimes light a lamp?

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