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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. How do the puppeteers kill the soldiers?

2. What does the sign say that is hanging around the neck of a drunk soldier?

3. Punishment for the murder of the soldiers by the puppeteers has led to what?

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

5. In “In the Bright Sleeve of the Sky,” Alfonso asks if he is seeing what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is the eulogy given at Alfonso’s funeral?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The first person shot and killed is a young deaf boy. What leads to his death? Why might he have acted this way? Do you see this as brave or foolish? Why or why not? Might he have realized the repercussions of his actions? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Momma Galya is poorly treated at the end of her life and even in death. How is she poorly treated? Why is she treated this way? What does this say about her community? In what other ways are others in this story abused, mistreated, and forgotten? How does this relate to current events in the U.S.?

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