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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do girls and boys do to the soldier?
(a) They dance with him.
(b) They spray water on him.
(c) They spit at him.
(d) They hit him.

2. The townspeople, who are the speakers, wish they could leave their funerals with Momma Galya in what vehicle?
(a) A shiny carriage.
(b) A yellow taxi.
(c) A black limousine.
(d) A black hearse.

3. In “Galya Whispers, as Anushka Nuzzles,” Galya describes the posters of whom?
(a) God.
(b) Her theater.
(c) The famous dictator.
(d) The local government official.

4. Alfonso and three-day old Anushka come home to their apartment where they find what?
(a) The dirty snow from Sonya’s boots is still on the floor.
(b) No food or heat.
(c) More soldiers.
(d) Mama Galya.

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

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

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

8. In “I, This Body,” begins with Alfonso being held up at Sonya’s funeral only by what?
(a) Mama Galya.
(b) The hand of God.
(c) A cane.
(d) His neighbors.

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

10. In “Soldiers Don’t Like Looking Foolish,” whose names are posted on the wall?
(a) The names of those arrested.
(b) The leaders of Vasenka.
(c) The names of all the puppeteers.
(d) The names of those who were murdered.

11. In “Townspeople Speak of Galya on Her Green Bicycle,” what does it say Momma Galya Armolinskaya has more of than anyone else in town?
(a) Enemies.
(b) Sex.
(c) Friends.
(d) Children.

12. What does Alfonso down like a shot of vodka before killing the soldier?
(a) A glass of water.
(b) A raw egg.
(c) Orange juice.
(d) A glass of milk.

13. Why does Alfonso kill the soldier?
(a) He wants to die.
(b) He is insane.
(c) He does not think the boys know how to kill a man.
(d) He wants revenge.

14. What Alfonso cannot believe about his door-slamming wife?
(a) She is gone.
(b) She betrayed him.
(c) She allowed them to kill her.
(d) She is in hiding somewhere.

15. In “In the Bright Sleeve of the Sky,” why does Alfonso sometimes light a lamp?
(a) So he can feel warmth.
(b) So he can see.
(c) So he cannot see.
(d) To cheer himself up.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the day, Galya, riding her green bicycle, throws what at military checkpoints?

2. Galya is compared to what, as she steals bread from market stalls but also as she cannot help but touch Anushka’s baby clothes in the laundry basket.

3. In “What Are Days,” the speaker compares the days of May to whom?

4. Who gives the signal to attack the soldier?

5. What do the townspeople try not to notice about Momma Galya?

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