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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to those who are caught unable to hear the soldiers?
(a) They are put in stocks.
(b) They are beaten.
(c) They are shot on the spot.
(d) They are hauled away in trucks.

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

4. 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 tell the story with his puppet.
(c) He continues to giggle.
(d) He becomes angry.

5. Why does Alfonso say he is answerable in “Alfonso Stands Answerable”?
(a) He shoots an officer.
(b) He runs away down the street.
(c) He hides behind his wife.
(d) He threatens his neighbors.

6. As Petya’s body lies on the asphalt, what does Alfonso wonder?
(a) Why he, Alfonso, is alive.
(b) Why his town is being taken over.
(c) Why Petya had to spit in the Sergeant's face.
(d) Why people kill other people.

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

8. What does the sign say that is hanging around Sonya’s neck?
(a) She is an enemy of the state.
(b) She is deaf.
(c) She is a thief.
(d) She resisted arrest.

9. What is the purpose of “Dramatis Personae”?
(a) To introduce the characters in the collection of poems.
(b) To give incite into the drama of the poems to come.
(c) To tell about the dramatic personalities in the poet's life.
(d) To introduce the poet.

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

11. In “Question,” what is the response when the speaker asks the question, “What is a child”?
(a) Our only hope.
(b) The physical love of two people.
(c) The future of the whole world.
(d) The quiet found between two bombardments.

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

13. “In As Soldiers March, Alfonso Covers the Boy’s Face with a Newspaper,” how many people watch as Sonya puts the now-dead Petya’s glasses back on his face?
(a) 10.
(b) 24.
(c) 14.
(d) 4.

14. What does Alfonso say is left of Sonya, as she is being pushed around by the soldiers?
(a) A puppet that speaks only in sign language.
(b) Her love for her people.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Her silence.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. For what food can people view a naked Sonya?

4. In “We Lived Happily during the War,” America is described as falling how?

5. What does Sonya do in “As Soldiers Choke the Stairwell”?

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