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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is something Alfonso does NOT say protects his daughter, in “Lullaby”?
2. What do Sonya and Alfonso teach others in Central Square?
3. For whom is Alfonso looking for initially in “4 a.m. Bombardment”?
4. As the morning begins and the town comes to life, soldiers stand about looking for those who are deaf, and Alfonso is desperately looking for whom?
5. What does Alfonso say about his wife’s words and actions in “Before the War, We Made a Child”?
Short Essay Questions
1. In “Lullaby,” what does Alfonso say will protect his daughter?
2. What does the speaker say in “A Cigarette” about the townspeople?
3. In “We Lived Happily during the War,” the speaker says what happened when homes were bombed?
4. In "Dramatis Personae," the speaker describes the characters that will be found in the poem. Who are two of the characters, and how are they described?
5. In “While the Child Sleeps, Sonya Undresses,” what does Sonya say about Alfonso’ appearance?
6. What does “Gunshot” say about the country of the characters in this story?
7. In “A Dog Sniffs,” what happens to Sonya?
8. What does Alfonso say about his and his wife’s bathing ritual?
9. In “As Soldiers March, Alfonso Covers the Boy’s Face with a Newspaper,” how does Sonya react to her cousin’s murder?
10. How does Alfonso react to his wife’s murder?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Alfonso is in shock that his wife, the door-slammer, is dead and he, the fool, is alive. Are you, the reader, as shocked as he is? Why or why not? How are others in this poetry collection door-slammers or fools? What does this say about people? What is the message given to the reader?
Essay Topic 2
In less than a year the lives of the Vasenka townspeople are turned upside down. Sonya is taken from her baby and murdered three days postpartum. What is the impact of this quick decline in the town of Vasenka on the reader? What does this say about one's own safety and security? What does this also reveal about what humans are capable of doing to other humans?
Essay Topic 3
The poet calls the puppeteers who murder the soldiers "beautiful women of Vasenka." What does the poet mean by this? How are they beautiful? Are their actions beautiful? Why or why not?
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