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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. In “Such Is the Story Made of Stubbornness and a Little Air,” the speaker says that the story is of those who danced how before God?
(a) Wordless.
(b) Joyfully.
(c) Fearless.
(d) Willingly.

2. In “The Townspeople Watch Them Take Alfonso,” the speaker says the townspeople watch as how many soldiers toss Alfonso on the sidewalk?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 8.

3. What is Anushka wrapped up in at her mother’s funeral?
(a) Burlap.
(b) A pink blanket.
(c) A green handkerchief.
(d) Her mother's shawl.

4. When the speaker asks God why he allowed such an act, what is God’s response?
(a) Every man has free will.
(b) An echo of the question.
(c) He did not allow it.
(d) Everyone chooses one's own fate.

5. What does Alfonso down like a shot of vodka before killing the soldier?
(a) A glass of water.
(b) Orange juice.
(c) A glass of milk.
(d) A raw egg.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Question,” the speaker asks what a man is and responds how?

2. During the day, Galya, riding her green bicycle, throws what at military checkpoints?

3. Galya asks God to bless what?

4. What Alfonso cannot believe about his door-slamming wife?

5. In “Soldiers Don’t Like Looking Foolish,” whose names are posted on the wall?

Short Essay Questions

1. When and how is Momma Galya compared to the wind?

2. In “I, This Body,” how does Alfonso explain how he manages to make it through his wife’s funeral?

3. How is the soldier treated prior to being killed?

4. In “A Bundle of Laundry,” what has happened to Anushka?

5. What are two things the speaker says in “Such Is the Story Made of Stubbornness and a Little Air”?

6. How does Alfonso struggle with his wife’s death, based on what is said in “I, This Body”?

7. How is Alfonso treated by the townspeople in “A City Like a Guillotine Shivers on Its Way to the Neck”?

8. How does Alfonso try to make life fun for his daughter?

9. What details are given about Anushka at her mother’s funeral?

10. What do the townspeople try not to notice about Momma Galya?

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