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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Happiness.
(b) Love.
(c) Loss.
(d) Hope.

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

3. In “We Lived Happily before the War,” it has been how many months since America has had a terrible leader?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

4. The section ends with Alfonso saying that a man cannot flick off the sky. Why?
(a) It is not right to act this way.
(b) Every person on the earth is already a finger flipped at the sky.
(c) It is too dangerous to do this.
(d) There are too many more important things to do.

5. For whom is Alfonso looking for initially in “4 a.m. Bombardment”?
(a) His child.
(b) A man that resembles him.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A neighbor.

6. How do the townspeople in “Alfonso Stands Answerable” respond to the police?
(a) With peaceful marches.
(b) With stealing and rioting.
(c) With violent protests.
(d) With deafness.

7. Sonya says a man should smell better than what?
(a) A pig sty.
(b) A barn.
(c) His country.
(d) A toilet.

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

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

10. The poet says that when Petya is shot, a sound is not heard by the crowd, but what is noticed?
(a) The sound sends the birds up into the air.
(b) It begins to rain.
(c) The look of revenge on the Sergeant's face.
(d) The soldiers disperse.

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

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

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

14. Sonya had once said that that she would be doing what the day they came to arrest her?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Singing.
(c) Playing the piano.
(d) Dancing.

15. How is Petya’s body treated by the soldiers?
(a) It is left for the dogs.
(b) It is quickly picked up and put in a truck.
(c) It is carefully put on a gurney and wheeled away.
(d) It is dragged away with little care or dignity for him.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

4. In this bombed city one person takes a cigarette while another gives what to a dog?

5. What does Sonya call Alfonso, playfully, In “While the Child Sleeps, Sonya Undresses"?

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