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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. Alfonso says that in the nursery, quiet hisses like what?
(a) A match dropped in water.
(b) A snake in a river.
(c) A gas leak.
(d) The steam from a radiator.

2. In “Still Newlyweds,” Alfonso says that when Sonya steps out of the shower, it does what?
(a) Calms the entire nation.
(b) Gives him another reason why he married her.
(c) It overwhelms him.
(d) Reminds him that there is a God.

3. In “Central Square,” those who are arrested are forced to walk how?
(a) Backward.
(b) Chained together.
(c) With their feet chained together.
(d) With their arms up.

4. To what does the speaker say is the only barricade for the townspeople?
(a) Deafness.
(b) Faith.
(c) Furniture.
(d) A river.

5. How much does Sonya and Alfonso’s daughter weigh at birth?
(a) 7 pounds.
(b) 6 pounds.
(c) 8 pounds.
(d) 5 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sonya die?

2. How does the audience respond when the sergeant puppet reacts to Petya’s sneeze?

3. In “The Townspeople Circle the Boy’s Body,” what is happening to the puppet lying near Petya?

4. In what poem does the country wake up the next day and, in the name of Petya, refuse to hear the soldiers in the streets?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does “Gunshot” say about the country of the characters in this story?

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

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

5. In “Deafness, an Insurgency, Begins,” what does the speaker say about his country, the day after Petya is murdered?

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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