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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the boys do before the attack on the soldier takes place?
(a) They cross themselves.
(b) They dance in the streets.
(c) They hide.
(d) They cheer for Alfonso.

2. What does Alfonso do to entertain his daughter?
(a) He sings to her.
(b) He dances with her.
(c) He tickles her.
(d) He puts a newspaper on his head like a hat.

3. Galya is compared to what, as she steals bread from market stalls but also as she cannot help but touch Anushka’s baby clothes in the laundry basket.
(a) A rat.
(b) A ghost.
(c) The wind.
(d) God.

4. In “Soldiers Don’t Like Looking Foolish,” whose names are posted on the wall?
(a) The names of those who were murdered.
(b) The leaders of Vasenka.
(c) The names of all the puppeteers.
(d) The names of those arrested.

5. In “In the Bright Sleeve of the Sky,” Alfonso asks if he is seeing what?
(a) The little soul.
(b) The little angel.
(c) The little baby.
(d) The little light.

6. What do the girls steal during all the commotion?
(a) The rubles.
(b) The box of oranges.
(c) The milk.
(d) Vodka.

7. What of Sonya’s does Alfonso put on after her death?
(a) One of her dresses.
(b) Her shawl.
(c) Her red socks.
(d) Her nightgown.

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

9. What are the philosophical words mentioned in “Eulogy”?
(a) To live is to love.
(b) We must speak not only of great devastation.
(c) To love is to live.
(d) We must always have hope.

10. What do girls and boys do to the soldier?
(a) They spray water on him.
(b) They dance with him.
(c) They hit him.
(d) They spit at him.

11. What do two of Momma Galya’s puppeteers do in front of the checkpoint, to distract the soldiers?
(a) They put on a puppet show.
(b) They get into a fight.
(c) They dance.
(d) They kiss.

12. The townspeople want to leave their funerals and help Momma Galya drop off what in the mailboxes of those who have been arrested?
(a) Bouquets of flowers.
(b) Letters.
(c) Envelopes of money.
(d) Loaves of bread.

13. To what does the speaker compare the tossing of Alfonso on the sidewalk?
(a) A meat market.
(b) A vaudeville act.
(c) A ball game.
(d) A rodeo.

14. What does Momma Galya do on stage, as the lights grow dim?
(a) She lights a match.
(b) She sings.
(c) She dances.
(d) She speaks to the crowd.

15. How does Momma Galya react to reading the names posted on the wall?
(a) She cheers as she reads the list.
(b) Her finger trembles as she drags it down the list of names.
(c) She only reads a few before she stops and walks away.
(d) She cries as she reads the list of names.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the speaker asks God why he allowed such an act, what is God’s response?

2. What does Anushka achieve in “In Bombardment, Galya”?

3. The townspeople, who are the speakers, wish they could leave their funerals with Momma Galya in what vehicle?

4. How do the soldiers torture Alfonso?

5. Why does Alfonso kill the soldier?

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