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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 “Momma Galya First Protested,” Momma Galya smokes a cigarette and shouts to the soldiers to do what?
(a) Cheer on her girls.
(b) Go home to their wives.
(c) Come inside.
(d) Pay up.

2. No one stands up for Alfonso. What do they say?
(a) Our silence stands up for us.
(b) We are afraid.
(c) We can barely stand up for ourselves.
(d) Nothing.

3. The speaker in “Such Is the Story Made of Stubbornness and a Little Air” asks that they be allowed to wash their faces in what?
(a) The river.
(b) The water.
(c) The wind.
(d) The earth.

4. The townspeople, who are the speakers, wish they could leave their funerals with Momma Galya in what vehicle?
(a) A yellow taxi.
(b) A shiny carriage.
(c) A black hearse.
(d) A black limousine.

5. The speaker says that Alfonso played the accordion out of tune where the only musical instrument of his country is what?
(a) The door.
(b) The balalaika.
(c) The accordion.
(d) The harp.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Momma Galya?

2. What do the girls steal during all the commotion?

3. Why does Alfonso kill the soldier?

4. What do Mama Galya and her puppeteers do at Sonya’s funeral?

5. What does Alfonso do to entertain his daughter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. During the day, Galya, riding her green bicycle, does what to the checkpoints?

10. What do the beautiful women of Vasenka do?

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