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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. Alfonso says that in the nursery, quiet hisses like what?
(a) A match dropped in water.
(b) A gas leak.
(c) The steam from a radiator.
(d) A snake in a river.

2. In “I, This Body,” begins with Alfonso being held up at Sonya’s funeral only by what?
(a) Mama Galya.
(b) A cane.
(c) His neighbors.
(d) The hand of God.

3. How is Petya’s body treated by the soldiers?
(a) It is left for the dogs.
(b) It is quickly picked up and put in a truck.
(c) It is carefully put on a gurney and wheeled away.
(d) It is dragged away with little care or dignity for him.

4. What is Anushka wrapped up in at her mother’s funeral?
(a) A green handkerchief.
(b) Her mother's shawl.
(c) A pink blanket.
(d) Burlap.

5. How does Alfonso kill the soldier?
(a) He strangles him.
(b) He stabs him, puncturing his lung.
(c) He beats him up.
(d) He shoots him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Alfonso put to death?

2. Alfonso says there is such fire from what?

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. Alfonso says he does not know much more about Sonya than the freckles on her shoulders. How does this make him feel?

5. Alfonso and three-day old Anushka come home to their apartment where they find what?

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