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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the puppet mimics the demand of the military personnel, all freeze but Petya. What does he do?
(a) He cries.
(b) He continues to giggle.
(c) He becomes angry.
(d) He continues to tell the story with his puppet.

2. In “Of Weddings before the War,” what does the speaker NOT mention?
(a) A taxi ride.
(b) Coins.
(c) A large, expensive wedding gown.
(d) The arrival of soldiers to town.

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

4. As the morning begins and the town comes to life, soldiers stand about looking for those who are deaf, and Alfonso is desperately looking for whom?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) A soldier.
(c) His child.
(d) His pregnant wife.

5. What do the townspeople do when soldiers arrive back in the square to take Petya’s body?
(a) They give the soldier's Petya's body.
(b) They encircle Sonya, Alfonso, and the Petya with their arms locked together.
(c) They charge the soldiers.
(d) They run and hide.

6. In this bombed city one person takes a cigarette while another gives what to a dog?
(a) Treats.
(b) A pint of beer.
(c) Table scraps.
(d) A cigarette.

7. Alfonso says that a bathtub, infant, and marriage bed are what?
(a) His world.
(b) His home.
(c) His loves.
(d) His country.

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

9. Who does Alfonso say picks breadcrumbs from each citizen’s eyes and watches their legs as they run and fall?
(a) The leaders of his country.
(b) The blue canary of his country.
(c) The yellow canary of his country.
(d) His neighbors and friends.

10. “In Soldiers Aim at Us,” what do the soldiers do to make the townspeople run away, so they can get Petya’s body?
(a) They fire their weapons.
(b) They shout at them.
(c) They physically remove them from around Petya.
(d) They rush at the townspeople and knock them over.

11. What does Sonya do in “As Soldiers Choke the Stairwell”?
(a) She sings.
(b) She learns more sign language.
(c) She plays the piano.
(d) She scratches the skin off her legs.

12. To whom does Alfonso thank for the deafness of the townspeople?
(a) His wife.
(b) The Lord.
(c) The soldiers.
(d) The townspeople.

13. How does Sonya die?
(a) By suicide.
(b) By hanging.
(c) By lethal injection.
(d) By firing squad.

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

15. How does “A Dog Sniffs” begin?
(a) Sonya is nursing their baby, Anushka.
(b) Sonya is sleeping.
(c) The baby is crying.
(d) Sonya is out looking for bread.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “What We Cannot Hear,” Sonya is forced into an army jeep one morning in what month?

2. What happens if townspeople show signs of deafness?

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

4. As Petya’s body lies on the asphalt, what does Alfonso wonder?

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

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