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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “In the Bright Sleeve of the Sky,” Alfonso asks if he is seeing what?
(a) The little baby.
(b) The little soul.
(c) The little light.
(d) The little angel.

2. When the speaker asks God why he allowed such an act, what is God’s response?
(a) An echo of the question.
(b) He did not allow it.
(c) Every man has free will.
(d) Everyone chooses one's own fate.

3. The soldiers initially go to her theater to arrest Galya but then do what?
(a) Never return to the theater.
(b) Disappear.
(c) Come back every night.
(d) Arrest other puppeteers instead.

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

5. How "Soldiers Don't Like Looking Foolish" end?
(a) A riot begins.
(b) The puppeteers are released.
(c) Momma Galya runs away with Anushka.
(d) The people go into hiding, and a vegetable stand explodes.

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

7. 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) Joyfully.
(b) Wordless.
(c) Fearless.
(d) Willingly.

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

9. What are the little bundles in “The Little Bundles”?
(a) Laundry.
(b) Loaves of bread wrapped up in cloth.
(c) Anushka’s hair as it is cut and falls onto her shoulders.
(d) Galya and Anushka's belongings.

10. What of Sonya’s does Alfonso put on after her death?
(a) One of her dresses.
(b) Her nightgown.
(c) Her shawl.
(d) Her red socks.

11. During the day, Galya, riding her green bicycle, throws what at military checkpoints?
(a) Homemade explosive devices.
(b) Bombs.
(c) Empty milk bottles.
(d) Flowers.

12. What does the speaker say is the best education during wartime?
(a) Math, science, and language.
(b) Bootcamp.
(c) How to open the door and walk through.
(d) To keep one's mouth shut and eyes open.

13. The speaker says that to live is more than just to love; one must also be what?
(a) Willing to learn.
(b) A bit foolish.
(c) Willing to let go.
(d) Carefree.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the girls steal during all the commotion?

2. To what does the speaker compare the tossing of Alfonso on the sidewalk?

3. What do two of Momma Galya’s puppeteers do in front of the checkpoint, to distract the soldiers?

4. Galya compares her body to what, so that God can watch the small child pulling up on a chair and Galya’s neighbors get arrested?

5. What group of people has been arrested following the murder of the soldiers by the puppeteers?

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