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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. In “Such Is the Story Made of Stubbornness and a Little Air,” the speaker says that the story is of those who danced how before God?
(a) Fearless.
(b) Wordless.
(c) Joyfully.
(d) Willingly.

2. Who does Alfonso say picks breadcrumbs from each citizen’s eyes and watches their legs as they run and fall?
(a) His neighbors and friends.
(b) The leaders of his country.
(c) The yellow canary of his country.
(d) The blue canary of his country.

3. In “We Lived Happily during the War,” America is described as falling how?
(a) Hard and fast.
(b) Like snowflakes in a snow storm.
(c) Invisible house by invisible house.
(d) One politician at a time.

4. In “Checkpoints” where do the soldiers set up hearing testing sites?
(a) In a few poor neighborhoods.
(b) All over town.
(c) In the shopping district.
(d) In Central Square.

5. In “The Townspeople Watch Them Take Alfonso,” the speaker says the townspeople watch as how many soldiers toss Alfonso on the sidewalk?
(a) 8.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sonya says a man should smell better than what?

2. In “Alfonso Stands Answerable,” to whom is he answerable?

3. Alfonso says that in the nursery, quiet hisses like what?

4. Alfonso says Sonya speaks against silence, all the while knowing what?

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

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