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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. Why does Alfonso say he is answerable in “Alfonso Stands Answerable”?
(a) He runs away down the street.
(b) He threatens his neighbors.
(c) He shoots an officer.
(d) He hides behind his wife.

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

3. In “We Lived Happily before the War,” it has been how many months since America has had a terrible leader?
(a) 12.
(b) 2.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

4. What does Sonya do in “As Soldiers Choke the Stairwell”?
(a) She learns more sign language.
(b) She sings.
(c) She scratches the skin off her legs.
(d) She plays the piano.

5. In “Question,” what is the response when the speaker asks the question, “What is a child”?
(a) The future of the whole world.
(b) The quiet found between two bombardments.
(c) The physical love of two people.
(d) Our only hope.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Sonya and Alfonso’s daughter weigh at birth?

2. How does “A Dog Sniffs” begin?

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

4. In “Of Weddings before the War,” what does the speaker NOT mention?

5. In this bombed city one person takes a cigarette while another gives what to a dog?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In “4 a.m. Bombardment,” what is Alfonso doing?

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

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

6. What does Alfonso say about his and his wife’s bathing ritual?

7. What happens in “Central Square?”

8. In “Alfonso Stands Answerable,” to whom does Alfonso say he is answerable?

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

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

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