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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When the Sergeant calls to Petya, what does Petya do?
(a) He spits in his face.
(b) He tries to hide.
(c) He stops giggling and grows silent.
(d) He shouts at the Sergeant.

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

5. In “Alfonso Stands Answerable,” to whom is he answerable?
(a) His town.
(b) Life.
(c) The soldiers.
(d) His wife.

6. “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) 4.
(c) 14.
(d) 24.

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

8. In “Checkpoints” where do the soldiers set up hearing testing sites?
(a) In a few poor neighborhoods.
(b) In the shopping district.
(c) All over town.
(d) In Central Square.

9. What does Alfonso drink after Sonya is murdered?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Poison.
(c) Wine.
(d) Beer.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alfonso say about his wife’s words and actions in “Before the War, We Made a Child”?

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

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

4. Alfonso says there is such fire from what?

5. How many soldiers shove Sonya across town?

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