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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. Alfonso says Sonya speaks against silence, all the while knowing what?
(a) Silence leads to speaking.
(b) She cannot stay silent.
(c) She will be caught.
(d) Silence will never end.

2. What does Sonya call Alfonso, playfully, In “While the Child Sleeps, Sonya Undresses"?
(a) Lover.
(b) Pig.
(c) Young man.
(d) Stranger.

3. What happens to those who are caught unable to hear the soldiers?
(a) They are hauled away in trucks.
(b) They are shot on the spot.
(c) They are beaten.
(d) They are put in stocks.

4. How does “A Dog Sniffs” begin?
(a) The baby is crying.
(b) Sonya is out looking for bread.
(c) Sonya is sleeping.
(d) Sonya is nursing their baby, Anushka.

5. What does Sonya do in “As Soldiers Choke the Stairwell”?
(a) She learns more sign language.
(b) She scratches the skin off her legs.
(c) She plays the piano.
(d) She sings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the signs around town say is the danger of deafness?

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

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

4. In “The Map of Bones and Open Valves,” the townspeople act deaf, so the soldiers begin doing what?

5. What do Sonya and Alfonso teach others in Central Square?

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