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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. The speaker in “Such Is the Story Made of Stubbornness and a Little Air” asks that they be allowed to wash their faces in what?
(a) The river.
(b) The earth.
(c) The water.
(d) The wind.

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

3. How many soldiers shove Sonya across town?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

4. Why does Alfonso kill the soldier?
(a) He does not think the boys know how to kill a man.
(b) He wants to die.
(c) He wants revenge.
(d) He is insane.

5. In “The Townspeople Circle the Boy’s Body,” what is happening to the puppet lying near Petya?
(a) Its mouth is filling with snow.
(b) It is dangling from its strings.
(c) It is being protected by Sonya.
(d) It is being trampled by the soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Punishment for the murder of the soldiers by the puppeteers has led to what?

2. Alfonso says he does not know much more about Sonya than the freckles on her shoulders. How does this make him feel?

3. In “A City Like a Guillotine Shivers on Its Way to the Neck,” what does Alfonso do?

4. Who gives the signal to attack the soldier?

5. In “Galya’s Toast,” what does Galya NOT toast?

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