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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “Question,” what is the response when the speaker asks the question, “What is a child”?
(a) The quiet found between two bombardments.
(b) Our only hope.
(c) The physical love of two people.
(d) The future of the whole world.

2. How many soldiers shove Sonya across town?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 4.

3. Alfonso says that Sonya’s voice, although it cannot be heard, is what?
(a) The loudest voice.
(b) The smartest voice.
(c) The strongest voice.
(d) The clearest voice.

4. In “Central Square,” those who are arrested are forced to walk how?
(a) With their feet chained together.
(b) Backward.
(c) With their arms up.
(d) Chained together.

5. For what food can people view a naked Sonya?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) A loaf of bread.
(c) An apple.
(d) Meat.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Of Weddings before the War,” what does the speaker NOT mention?

2. What does Alfonso drink after Sonya is murdered?

3. Sonya had once said that that she would be doing what the day they came to arrest her?

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

5. As Sonya shouts, and the townspeople see in her cry and gaping mouth, what does the poet say can be seen?

Short Essay Questions

1. In “4 a.m. Bombardment,” as the morning begins and the town comes to life what are the soldiers doing? What is Alfonso doing?

2. What does the speaker say in “A Cigarette” about the townspeople?

3. In “A Dog Sniffs,” what happens to Sonya?

4. In “As Soldiers March, Alfonso Covers the Boy’s Face with a Newspaper,” how does Sonya react to her cousin’s murder?

5. What does “Gunshot” say about the country of the characters in this story?

6. What takes place in “Soldiers Aim at Us?”

7. In "Dramatis Personae," the speaker describes the characters that will be found in the poem. Who are two of the characters, and how are they described?

8. Why are puppets hung outside the homes of some of the townspeople?

9. In “Deafness, an Insurgency, Begins,” what does the speaker say about his country, the day after Petya is murdered?

10. In “Alfonso Stands Answerable,” to whom does Alfonso say he is answerable?

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