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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 silence.
(c) Her love for her people.
(d) Nothing.

2. What does Alfonso say about his wife’s words and actions in “Before the War, We Made a Child”?
(a) They are the words of a young bride.
(b) They are sweet and innocent.
(c) They kind and gentle.
(d) They are all requests for him to join her in bed.

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

4. What happens if townspeople show signs of deafness?
(a) They are ignored.
(b) They are told to go home and quaratine.
(c) They are to turn themselves in.
(d) They are sent for surgery.

5. The speaker tells God that he can be found, like what beak, pecking everywhere at astonishment?
(a) A cardinal’s.
(b) A pigeon’s.
(c) A dove’s.
(d) A duck’s.

6. In “A Cigarette,” the speaker tells the reader to watch and see how the townspeople of Vasenka do not realize that they are proof of what?
(a) Loss.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Love.
(d) Hope.

7. 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) The leaders of his country.
(c) The yellow canary of his country.
(d) His neighbors and friends.

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

9. Alfonso says that Sonya’s voice, although it cannot be heard, is what?
(a) The strongest voice.
(b) The smartest voice.
(c) The loudest voice.
(d) The clearest voice.

10. What is Alfonso doing when Sonya is taken by force in a jeep?
(a) Hiding in the closet with Anushka.
(b) Rocking Anushka.
(c) Begging for her to be released.
(d) Out looking for bread.

11. In “We Lived Happily before the War,” how does the speaker refer to America?
(a) A country of the courageous.
(b) A country of diversity.
(c) A country of freedom.
(d) A country of money.

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

13. How much does Sonya and Alfonso’s daughter weigh at birth?
(a) 8 pounds.
(b) 5 pounds.
(c) 7 pounds.
(d) 6 pounds.

14. In “Lullaby,” what does Alfonso call his baby?
(a) Little earth.
(b) Little one.
(c) Little baby.
(d) Little angel.

15. Alfonso says Sonya speaks against silence, all the while knowing what?
(a) She will be caught.
(b) Silence will never end.
(c) Silence leads to speaking.
(d) She cannot stay silent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Alfonso say he is answerable in “Alfonso Stands Answerable”?

2. Alfonso says that in the nursery, quiet hisses like what?

3. What do the signs around town say is the danger of deafness?

4. In “The Townspeople Circle the Boy’s Body,” what is happening to the puppet lying near Petya?

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

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