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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 of Sonya’s does Alfonso put on after her death?
(a) One of her dresses.
(b) Her nightgown.
(c) Her red socks.
(d) Her shawl.

2. What do the townspeople try not to notice about Momma Galya?
(a) Her personality.
(b) Her face.
(c) Her nipples.
(d) Her weight.

3. 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) Willingly.
(c) Joyfully.
(d) Fearless.

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

5. Punishment for the murder of the soldiers by the puppeteers has led to what?
(a) Hangings each day.
(b) A new shop being bombed each morning.
(c) The theater being shut down.
(d) All public gatherings have been banned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the poet say about parenting, based on the actions of Momma Galya?

2. Like young men, the days of May walk to prison wearing what?

3. How "Soldiers Don't Like Looking Foolish" end?

4. What does Alfonso down like a shot of vodka before killing the soldier?

5. How do the soldiers torture Alfonso?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the townspeople behave in “The Townspeople Watch Them Take Alfonso”?

3. How does Momma Galya react to seeing the names posted in “Soldiers Don’t Like Looking Foolish”?

4. What do the boys of Vasenka want to do because Sonya was murdered?

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

6. What is used as a distraction, so Momma Galya can save Anushka from where she is being held by the army?

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

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

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

10. The townspeople, who are the speakers, wish they could leave their funerals with Momma Galya and do what?

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