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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the signs around town say is the danger of deafness?
(a) It is a sign of cancer.
(b) It is contagious.
(c) It is deadly.
(d) It is hard to correct.

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

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

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

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

6. In “We Lived Happily during the War,” America is described as falling how?
(a) Invisible house by invisible house.
(b) Hard and fast.
(c) One politician at a time.
(d) Like snowflakes in a snow storm.

7. In “Central Square,” those who are arrested are forced to walk how?
(a) Backward.
(b) With their feet chained together.
(c) With their arms up.
(d) Chained together.

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

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

10. For what food can people view a naked Sonya?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) An apple.
(c) Meat.
(d) A loaf of bread.

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

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

13. 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 soldier.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) His pregnant wife.
(d) His child.

14. In “Alfonso, in the Snow,” Alfonso talks to himself saying he is alive and must do what?
(a) Hurry.
(b) Run.
(c) Listen.
(d) Hide.

15. What does Sonya call Alfonso, playfully, In “While the Child Sleeps, Sonya Undresses"?
(a) Lover.
(b) Pig.
(c) Stranger.
(d) Young man.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the speaker say is the only barricade for the townspeople?

2. In “Of Weddings before the War,” what does the speaker NOT mention?

3. When an army jeep pulls up into Central Square, what does the Seargeant inside tell the crowd to do?

4. What does Alfonso say is left of Sonya, as she is being pushed around by the soldiers?

5. In “The Map of Bones and Open Valves,” the townspeople act deaf, so the soldiers begin doing what?

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