View a FREE sample

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. What do the townspeople do in “A City Like a Guillotine Shivers on Its Way to the Neck” in response to the killing of the soldier?
(a) They scream and cry in agony and fear.
(b) They try to hide Alfonso.
(c) They cheer and pat Alfonso’s back.
(d) They are silent.

2. In “Alfonso Stands Answerable,” how does the narrator describe the people of town on the first day of arrests?
(a) Angry.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Brave.
(d) Scared.

3. Alfonso says there is such fire from what?
(a) A match the Lord never lit.
(b) Pain and suffering.
(c) Burning buildings.
(d) A nearby forest fire.

4. In “Of Weddings before the War,” what does the speaker NOT mention?
(a) A taxi ride.
(b) The arrival of soldiers to town.
(c) A large, expensive wedding gown.
(d) Coins.

5. As Petya’s body lies on the asphalt, what does Alfonso wonder?
(a) Why Petya had to spit in the Sergeant's face.
(b) Why he, Alfonso, is alive.
(c) Why his town is being taken over.
(d) Why people kill other people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the boys pay Alfonso for killing the soldier?

2. The section ends with Alfonso saying that a man cannot flick off the sky. Why?

3. Before midday arrests begin to take place, and the speaker says that the people’s hearing has not diminished but what has grown stronger?

4. What is the purpose of “Dramatis Personae”?

5. What does Alfonso say about his wife’s words and actions in “Before the War, We Made a Child”?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 364 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample