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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Galya asks God to bless what?
(a) Her and her child.
(b) Her country.
(c) Every single thing on earth.
(d) The poor and distraught.

2. In “Galya’s Puppeteers,” one of Galya’s puppeteers does what to Ivanoff before killing him?
(a) Tortures him.
(b) Embarasses him.
(c) Feeds him.
(d) Gives him sexual favors.

3. What does Alfonso do to entertain his daughter?
(a) He dances with her.
(b) He puts a newspaper on his head like a hat.
(c) He tickles her.
(d) He sings to her.

4. When Alfonso talks to himself, for what does he long?
(a) His wife’s voice.
(b) Sedation.
(c) A new life.
(d) Silence.

5. What do the townspeople do in “A City Like a Guillotine Shivers on Its Way to the Neck” in response to the killing of the soldier?
(a) They scream and cry in agony and fear.
(b) They try to hide Alfonso.
(c) They cheer and pat Alfonso’s back.
(d) They are silent.

6. In “The Townspeople Watch Them Take Alfonso,” the speaker says the townspeople watch as how many soldiers toss Alfonso on the sidewalk?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

7. How does Momma Galya react to reading the names posted on the wall?
(a) She cries as she reads the list of names.
(b) Her finger trembles as she drags it down the list of names.
(c) She cheers as she reads the list.
(d) She only reads a few before she stops and walks away.

8. What does the poet say about parenting, based on the actions of Momma Galya?
(a) Parenting is always beautiful.
(b) Parenting is not for the weak.
(c) Parenting is not for everyone.
(d) Parenting costs us a little dignity.

9. What do the boys do before the attack on the soldier takes place?
(a) They cheer for Alfonso.
(b) They dance in the streets.
(c) They cross themselves.
(d) They hide.

10. In “Such Is the Story Made of Stubbornness and a Little Air,” the speaker says that the story is of those who danced how before God?
(a) Fearless.
(b) Joyfully.
(c) Wordless.
(d) Willingly.

11. In “In Bombardment, Galya,” how many consecutive days of aerial attacks has Vasenka suffered?
(a) 27.
(b) 9.
(c) 21.
(d) 18.

12. In “Galya’s Toast,” what does Galya NOT toast?
(a) The four dimensions of breathing.
(b) The twenty-six bones of one foot.
(c) Your voice.
(d) The wonders of the mind.

13. In “Question,” the speaker asks what a man is and responds how?
(a) The head of the household.
(b) The center of a family.
(c) It is the quiet between two bombardments.
(d) The calming presence.

14. What do the girls steal during all the commotion?
(a) The milk.
(b) The box of oranges.
(c) Vodka.
(d) The rubles.

15. How do the soldiers torture Alfonso?
(a) They hang a sign around his neck and parade him naked through the streets.
(b) They bind his hands together.
(c) They put him in the stocks.
(d) With a fire hose.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “In the Bright Sleeve of the Sky,” Alfonso asks if he is seeing what?

2. The speaker says that those who make love may borrow the light from who?

3. In “Elegy,” how many words does Alfonso pray?

4. In “And While Puppeteers Are Arrested,” there is silence which leads to what?

5. How old is Momma Galya?

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