3. Alfonso says there is such fire from what?
(a) Pain and suffering.
(b) A nearby forest fire.
(c) Burning buildings.
(d) A match the Lord never lit.

4. How is Petya’s body treated by the soldiers?
(a) It is quickly picked up and put in a truck.
(b) It is carefully put on a gurney and wheeled away.
(c) It is dragged away with little care or dignity for him.
(d) It is left for the dogs.

5. In this bombed city one person takes a cigarette while another gives what to a dog?
(a) Table scraps.
(b) A cigarette.
(c) Treats.
(d) A pint of beer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does “A Dog Sniffs” begin?

2. In “We Lived Happily during the War,” an unknown speaker says that when homes are bombed, what happens?

3. Alfonso says that you can have sex with anyone, but you cannot do what with just anyone?

4. “In Soldiers Aim at Us,” what do the soldiers do to make the townspeople run away, so they can get Petya’s body?

5. In “We Lived Happily before the War,” how does the speaker refer to America?

Short Essay Questions

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

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. What takes place in “Soldiers Aim at Us?”

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

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

6. In “Alfonso, in Snow,” what does the speaker say about himself?

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

8. What is the topic of both “Of Weddings before the War” and “Still Newlyweds”?

9. What does the speaker say in “A Cigarette” about the townspeople?

10. What happens in “Arrival”?

(see the answer keys)

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