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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Townspeople Speak of Galya on Her Green Bicycle - Soldiers Don't Like Looking Foolish.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The speaker says that Alfonso played the accordion out of tune where the only musical instrument of his country is what?
(a) The harp.
(b) The door.
(c) The accordion.
(d) The balalaika.

2. In “Galya Whispers, as Anushka Nuzzles,” Galya describes the posters of whom?
(a) Her theater.
(b) The famous dictator.
(c) God.
(d) The local government official.

3. No one stands up for Alfonso. What do they say?
(a) Nothing.
(b) We are afraid.
(c) Our silence stands up for us.
(d) We can barely stand up for ourselves.

4. What do the boys pay Alfonso for killing the soldier?
(a) A box of oranges.
(b) A jar of milk.
(c) Fifty rubles.
(d) A loaf of bread.

5. What does Alfonso say is left of Sonya, as she is being pushed around by the soldiers?
(a) Her love for her people.
(b) Her silence.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A puppet that speaks only in sign language.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alfonso do to entertain his daughter?

2. What does Sonya call Alfonso, playfully, In “While the Child Sleeps, Sonya Undresses"?

3. Galya asks God to bless what?

4. In “A Cigarette,” the speaker tells the reader to watch and see how the townspeople of Vasenka do not realize that they are proof of what?

5. What is something Alfonso does NOT say protects his daughter, in “Lullaby”?

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