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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. What group of people has been arrested following the murder of the soldiers by the puppeteers?
(a) All the men on Tedna Street.
(b) All the women of Vasenka.
(c) All the puppeteers.
(d) All the women on Tedna Street.

2. What does Anushka achieve in “In Bombardment, Galya”?
(a) She says her first word.
(b) She begins to crawl.
(c) She takes her first steps.
(d) She eats her first solid food.

3. In “Momma Galya First Protested,” Momma Galya smokes a cigarette and shouts to the soldiers to do what?
(a) Cheer on her girls.
(b) Pay up.
(c) Go home to their wives.
(d) Come inside.

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

5. What do the townspeople try not to notice about Momma Galya?
(a) Her personality.
(b) Her weight.
(c) Her nipples.
(d) Her face.

Short Answer Questions

1. The soldiers initially go to her theater to arrest Galya but then do what?

2. How do the young men of Vasenka want to take revenge on the men who killed Sonya?

3. The speaker says that to live is more than just to love; one must also be what?

4. No one stands up for Alfonso. What do they say?

5. Galya asks God to bless what?

Short Essay Questions

1. In “Townspeople Speak of Galya on Her Green Bicycle,” what does it say Momma Galya Armolinskaya has more than anyone else in town?

2. How do the townspeople behave in “The Townspeople Watch Them Take Alfonso”?

3. In “In Bombardment, Galya,” what does Galya manage to survive?

4. During the day, Galya, riding her green bicycle, does what to the checkpoints?

5. Why does the speaker consider Momma Galya the luckiest woman in the country?

6. In “I, This Body,” how does Alfonso explain how he manages to make it through his wife’s funeral?

7. How does Momma Galya react to seeing the names posted in “Soldiers Don’t Like Looking Foolish”?

8. What is used as a distraction, so Momma Galya can save Anushka from where she is being held by the army?

9. In “Galya’s Toast,” what does Galya toast?

10. The townspeople, who are the speakers, wish they could leave their funerals with Momma Galya and do what?

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