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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through I, This Body - Such is the Story Made of Stubbornness and a Little Air.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The section ends with Alfonso saying that a man cannot flick off the sky. Why?
(a) It is too dangerous to do this.
(b) Every person on the earth is already a finger flipped at the sky.
(c) It is not right to act this way.
(d) There are too many more important things to do.

2. “In As Soldiers March, Alfonso Covers the Boy’s Face with a Newspaper,” how many people watch as Sonya puts the now-dead Petya’s glasses back on his face?
(a) 10.
(b) 14.
(c) 24.
(d) 4.

3. Sonya stands and holds up a sign that someone has given her. What does the sign say?
(a) For Petya.
(b) We will not give in.
(c) Do not tread on me.
(d) The people are deaf.

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?
(a) Love.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Loss.
(d) Hope.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After curfew, the families of those who have had loved ones arrested do what as a form of resistance?

2. The speaker says that to live is more than just to love; one must also be what?

3. Alfonso says that a bathtub, infant, and marriage bed are what?

4. How does Alfonso kill the soldier?

5. How do the young men of Vasenka want to take revenge on the men who killed Sonya?

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