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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 do Mama Galya and her puppeteers do at Sonya’s funeral?
(a) They give Sonya's eulogy.
(b) They hug Alfonso.
(c) They shake Alfonso’s hand.
(d) They sing a song in Sonya's honor.

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

3. Who gives the signal to attack the soldier?
(a) Alfonso.
(b) The girls.
(c) Mama Galya.
(d) The boys.

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

5. How "Soldiers Don't Like Looking Foolish" end?
(a) The people go into hiding, and a vegetable stand explodes.
(b) The puppeteers are released.
(c) Momma Galya runs away with Anushka.
(d) A riot begins.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Momma Galya react to reading the names posted on the wall?

3. What does Alfonso do to entertain his daughter?

4. What do the boys pay Alfonso for killing the soldier?

5. How do the puppeteers kill the soldiers?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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