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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. How does Sonya die?
(a) By firing squad.
(b) By hanging.
(c) By suicide.
(d) By lethal injection.

2. In “Lullaby,” what does Alfonso call his baby?
(a) Little earth.
(b) Little one.
(c) Little angel.
(d) Little baby.

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

4. How does the audience respond when the sergeant puppet reacts to Petya’s sneeze?
(a) They become nervous.
(b) They freeze.
(c) They laugh.
(d) They begin to shout angrily.

5. In “What We Cannot Hear,” Sonya is forced into an army jeep one morning in what month?
(a) May.
(b) April.
(c) June.
(d) July.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poet says that when Petya is shot, a sound is not heard by the crowd, but what is noticed?

2. In “Question,” what is the response when the speaker asks the question, “What is a child”?

3. The speaker tells God that he can be found, like what beak, pecking everywhere at astonishment?

4. How do the townspeople in “Alfonso Stands Answerable” respond to the police?

5. Alfonso says that Sonya’s voice, although it cannot be heard, is what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in “Arrival”?

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

3. In “The Townspeople Circle the Boy’s Body,” what do the townspeople do to protect Petya’s body?

4. In “4 a.m. Bombardment,” as the morning begins and the town comes to life what are the soldiers doing? What is Alfonso doing?

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

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

7. What does the speaker say in “For His Wife”?

8. 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?

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

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

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