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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. Alfonso says that in the nursery, quiet hisses like what?
2. Alfonso says that a bathtub, infant, and marriage bed are what?
3. In “What We Cannot Hear,” Sonya is forced into an army jeep one morning in what month?
4. What do the signs around town say is the danger of deafness?
5. Before midday arrests begin to take place, and the speaker says that the people’s hearing has not diminished but what has grown stronger?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Alfonso say about his and his wife’s bathing ritual?
2. 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?
3. What does “Gunshot” say about the country of the characters in this story?
4. In “As Soldiers March, Alfonso Covers the Boy’s Face with a Newspaper,” how does Sonya react to her cousin’s murder?
5. In “A Dog Sniffs,” what happens to Sonya?
6. In “Deafness, an Insurgency, Begins,” what does the speaker say about his country, the day after Petya is murdered?
7. What takes place in “Soldiers Aim at Us?”
8. What happens in “Central Square?”
9. What happens in “Arrival”?
10. What does the speaker say in “A Cigarette” about the townspeople?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Time and again the invading army knows how to put the townspeople in their place. What tactics do they use to keep the people from revolting? How do these tactics impact the main characters? How does this behavior educate the reader on how invading armies have succeeded in real-life situations to terrorize whole communities and countries?
Essay Topic 2
Anushka is taken from Momma Galya towards the end of the story. What might have been her fate? Why do you believe this? How might details in this book support your response?
Essay Topic 3
Sonya and Alfonso continue their puppet shows, even as the invading army forbids public gatherings. Why might they have chosen to continue with the puppet shows? What is the purpose of the puppet shows? How is this an example of peaceful protest?
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