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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sonya stands and holds up a sign that someone has given her. What does the sign say?
(a) The people are deaf.
(b) We will not give in.
(c) Do not tread on me.
(d) For Petya.

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

3. Sonya and Alfonso sneak through the city telling everyone to do what?
(a) Hide.
(b) Be courageous.
(c) Forge illegal papers.
(d) Run away.

4. Alfonso says that you can have sex with anyone, but you cannot do what with just anyone?
(a) Sit in water.
(b) Love them.
(c) Die for them.
(d) Care for them.

5. What is the purpose of “Dramatis Personae”?
(a) To introduce the characters in the collection of poems.
(b) To tell about the dramatic personalities in the poet's life.
(c) To give incite into the drama of the poems to come.
(d) To introduce the poet.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Alfonso and Sonya are on the bridge, what does he notice about the helicopter overhead?

2. Before midday arrests begin to take place, and the speaker says that the people’s hearing has not diminished but what has grown stronger?

3. What happens to those who are caught unable to hear the soldiers?

4. In “Alfonso Stands Answerable,” to whom is he answerable?

5. When the Sergeant calls to Petya, what does Petya do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are puppets hung outside the homes of some of the townspeople?

2. In "Dramatis Personae," the speaker describes the characters that will be found in the poem. Who are two of the characters, and how are they described?

3. In “Lullaby,” what does Alfonso say will protect his daughter?

4. In “A Dog Sniffs,” what happens to Sonya?

5. In “As Soldiers March, Alfonso Covers the Boy’s Face with a Newspaper,” how does Sonya react to her cousin’s murder?

6. In “Checkpoints” what do the soldiers set up around town and why?

7. What happens in “Central Square?”

8. In “The Map of Bones and Open Valves,” what do Sonya and Alfonso sneak through the city doing? How do they feel about this?

9. In “We Lived Happily during the War,” the speaker says what happened when homes were bombed?

10. How does Alfonso react to his wife’s murder?

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