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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. In “Question,” the speaker asks what a man is and responds how?

2. In “Momma Galya First Protested,” Momma Galya smokes a cigarette and shouts to the soldiers to do what?

3. How old is Momma Galya?

4. The soldiers initially go to her theater to arrest Galya but then do what?

5. To what does the speaker compare the tossing of Alfonso on the sidewalk?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Alfonso treated by the townspeople in “A City Like a Guillotine Shivers on Its Way to the Neck”?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the poem the characters display bravery and cowardice. What are two examples of each? What is the reason they act courageously sometimes and fearful at other times? How does this reflect humanity as a whole?

Essay Topic 2

For a box of oranges, Alfonso kills a soldier. How does he seem to feel about his actions? How does this compare to the reactions of the other townspeople? How do the reactions of the townspeople right after the killing compare to when Alfonso is tortured and killed? What does this reveal about the townspeople?

Essay Topic 3

Momma Galya is called the luckiest woman in the world. Why is she called this? Do you agree? Why or why not? How does her luck change? Why does it change? What does this say about humanity?

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