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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. “In As Soldiers March, Alfonso Covers the Boy’s Face with a Newspaper,” how many people watch as Sonya puts the now-dead Petya’s glasses back on his face?
(a) 10.
(b) 4.
(c) 14.
(d) 24.

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

3. In “We Lived Happily before the War,” how does the speaker refer to America?
(a) A country of freedom.
(b) A country of the courageous.
(c) A country of diversity.
(d) A country of money.

4. What do the townspeople do when soldiers arrive back in the square to take Petya’s body?
(a) They run and hide.
(b) They encircle Sonya, Alfonso, and the Petya with their arms locked together.
(c) They give the soldier's Petya's body.
(d) They charge the soldiers.

5. How does Sonya die?
(a) By firing squad.
(b) By suicide.
(c) By lethal injection.
(d) By hanging.

6. As the morning begins and the town comes to life, soldiers stand about looking for those who are deaf, and Alfonso is desperately looking for whom?
(a) His pregnant wife.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) His child.
(d) A soldier.

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

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

9. Alfonso says he does not know much more about Sonya than the freckles on her shoulders. How does this make him feel?
(a) It makes him want to get to know her on a deeper level.
(b) It worries him.
(c) It reminds him that they are newlyweds.
(d) It thrills him but also makes him feel alone.

10. Sonya says a man should smell better than what?
(a) His country.
(b) A pig sty.
(c) A barn.
(d) A toilet.

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

12. In “The Map of Bones and Open Valves,” the townspeople act deaf, so the soldiers begin doing what?
(a) Ignoring them.
(b) Teaching the people sign language.
(c) Learning sign language.
(d) Examining everyone’s ears.

13. In “Alfonso, in the Snow,” Alfonso talks to himself saying he is alive and must do what?
(a) Listen.
(b) Run.
(c) Hurry.
(d) Hide.

14. When the Sergeant calls to Petya, what does Petya do?
(a) He spits in his face.
(b) He shouts at the Sergeant.
(c) He tries to hide.
(d) He stops giggling and grows silent.

15. What happens if townspeople show signs of deafness?
(a) They are told to go home and quaratine.
(b) They are sent for surgery.
(c) They are ignored.
(d) They are to turn themselves in.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the puppet mimics the demand of the military personnel, all freeze but Petya. What does he do?

2. How does “A Dog Sniffs” begin?

3. In “Question,” what is the response when the speaker asks the question, “What is a child”?

4. In “We Lived Happily during the War,” an unknown speaker says that when homes are bombed, what happens?

5. In “We Lived Happily before the War,” it has been how many months since America has had a terrible leader?

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