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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. What does the speaker say is the best education during wartime?
(a) Bootcamp.
(b) To keep one's mouth shut and eyes open.
(c) Math, science, and language.
(d) How to open the door and walk through.

2. In “A Bundle of Laundry,” where is Anushka crying?
(a) In a crib in an orphanage.
(b) In the arms of a soldier.
(c) Inside the backroom of the checkpoint.
(d) In a laundry basket.

3. The speaker says that to live is more than just to love; one must also be what?
(a) Willing to learn.
(b) Carefree.
(c) A bit foolish.
(d) Willing to let go.

4. Galya says she is not deaf but has told the world to do what?
(a) Stop shrieking.
(b) Shut off its crazy music for a while.
(c) Quiet down a bit.
(d) Go away and leave her alone.

5. The soldiers initially go to her theater to arrest Galya but then do what?
(a) Never return to the theater.
(b) Arrest other puppeteers instead.
(c) Come back every night.
(d) Disappear.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the soldiers torture Alfonso?

2. When Alfonso talks to himself, for what does he long?

3. What do the townspeople do in “A City Like a Guillotine Shivers on Its Way to the Neck” in response to the killing of the soldier?

4. How does Alfonso kill the soldier?

5. The townspeople, who are the speakers, wish they could leave their funerals with Momma Galya in what vehicle?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In “Galya’s Toast,” what does Galya toast?

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

4. Why does the speaker consider Momma Galya the luckiest woman in the country?

5. In “In Bombardment, Galya,” what does Galya manage to survive?

6. What takes place right before and after the killing of the soldier?

7. What education does the speaker say Momma Galya gives?

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

9. What is the eulogy given at Alfonso’s funeral?

10. What payment does Alfonso receive for killing the soldier?

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