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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In “Elegy,” how many words does Alfonso pray?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

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

5. 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 only reads a few before she stops and walks away.
(d) She cheers as she reads the list.

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

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

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

9. Galya says she is not deaf but has told the world to do what?
(a) Stop shrieking.
(b) Shut off its crazy music for a while.
(c) Quiet down a bit.
(d) Go away and leave her alone.

10. 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.
(a) God.
(b) A rat.
(c) A ghost.
(d) The wind.

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

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

13. How is Alfonso put to death?
(a) By lethal injection.
(b) By firing squad.
(c) By hanging.
(d) By the guillotine.

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

15. The townspeople want to leave their funerals and help Momma Galya drop off what in the mailboxes of those who have been arrested?
(a) Envelopes of money.
(b) Letters.
(c) Loaves of bread.
(d) Bouquets of flowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. The speaker says that to live is more than just to love; one must also be what?

2. The speaker in “Such Is the Story Made of Stubbornness and a Little Air” asks that they be allowed to wash their faces in what?

3. What does Momma Galya want her neighbors to come see, regarding Anushka?

4. In “Townspeople Speak of Galya on Her Green Bicycle,” what does it say Momma Galya Armolinskaya has more of than anyone else in town?

5. How do the puppeteers kill the soldiers?

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