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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 “Still Newlyweds,” Alfonso says that when Sonya steps out of the shower, it does what?
(a) Reminds him that there is a God.
(b) It overwhelms him.
(c) Gives him another reason why he married her.
(d) Calms the entire nation.

2. In “A Cigarette,” the speaker tells the reader to watch and see how the townspeople of Vasenka do not realize that they are proof of what?
(a) Hope.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Loss.
(d) Love.

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

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

5. In “The Townspeople Circle the Boy’s Body,” what is happening to the puppet lying near Petya?
(a) Its mouth is filling with snow.
(b) It is being trampled by the soldiers.
(c) It is dangling from its strings.
(d) It is being protected by Sonya.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what food can people view a naked Sonya?

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

3. How is Petya’s body treated by the soldiers?

4. What is the purpose of “Dramatis Personae”?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the speaker say in “For His Wife”?

2. In “The Townspeople Circle the Boy’s Body,” what do the townspeople do to protect Petya’s body?

3. In “Lullaby,” what does Alfonso say will protect his daughter?

4. How does Alfonso react to his wife’s murder?

5. 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?

6. In “Checkpoints” what do the soldiers set up around town and why?

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

8. What does Alfonso say about his and his wife’s bathing ritual?

9. In “Alfonso, in Snow,” what does the speaker say about himself?

10. In “The Map of Bones and Open Valves,” what do Sonya and Alfonso sneak through the city doing? How do they feel about this?

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