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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 does Alfonso down like a shot of vodka before killing the soldier?
2. What do two of Momma Galya’s puppeteers do in front of the checkpoint, to distract the soldiers?
3. In “Galya’s Puppeteers,” one of Galya’s puppeteers does what to Ivanoff before killing him?
4. In “What Are Days,” the speaker compares the days of May to whom?
5. The townspeople want to leave their funerals and help Momma Galya drop off what in the mailboxes of those who have been arrested?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the boys of Vasenka want to do because Sonya was murdered?
2. What is the eulogy given at Alfonso’s funeral?
3. How is Alfonso treated by the townspeople in “A City Like a Guillotine Shivers on Its Way to the Neck”?
4. What do the townspeople try not to notice about Momma Galya?
5. The townspeople, who are the speakers, wish they could leave their funerals with Momma Galya and do what?
6. What do the beautiful women of Vasenka do?
7. During the day, Galya, riding her green bicycle, does what to the checkpoints?
8. What is used as a distraction, so Momma Galya can save Anushka from where she is being held by the army?
9. When and how is Momma Galya compared to the wind?
10. In “I, This Body,” how does Alfonso explain how he manages to make it through his wife’s funeral?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Puppets are symbolic in this poem. What is the purpose of the puppets? What do they represent? Are they an effective use of symbolism? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
The story begins with Anushka as an unborn child and ends with her as a toddler. How does Anushka give the story a timeline and reveal to the readers the short amount of time in which the story takes place? Why might the poet have chosen to do this? How do these details affect the reader?
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