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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Checkpoints - For His Wife.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “What We Cannot Hear,” Sonya is forced into an army jeep one morning in what month?
(a) July.
(b) April.
(c) June.
(d) May.

2. What is Alfonso doing when Sonya is taken by force in a jeep?
(a) Out looking for bread.
(b) Rocking Anushka.
(c) Hiding in the closet with Anushka.
(d) Begging for her to be released.

3. What do Sonya and Alfonso teach others in Central Square?
(a) Russian.
(b) Puppetry.
(c) Dance.
(d) Sign language.

4. After curfew, the families of those who have had loved ones arrested do what as a form of resistance?
(a) Hang the shoes of their loved ones outside their doors.
(b) Keep their lights on.
(c) Play music.
(d) Hang puppets outside their homes.

5. The speaker tells God that he can be found, like what beak, pecking everywhere at astonishment?
(a) A duck’s.
(b) A dove’s.
(c) A cardinal’s.
(d) A pigeon’s.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the audience respond when the sergeant puppet reacts to Petya’s sneeze?

2. In “We Lived Happily during the War,” America is described as falling how?

3. How do the townspeople in “Alfonso Stands Answerable” respond to the police?

4. When the Sergeant calls to Petya, what does Petya do?

5. When Alfonso and Sonya are on the bridge, what does he notice about the helicopter overhead?

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