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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 news does Ginzburg get one day in a singing message?
(a) Her son is dead.
(b) Her husband has been arrested.
(c) Her mother is dead.
(d) Her mother has been arrested.

2. How is Vevers described?
(a) Irrational.
(b) Kind.
(c) Cold and calculating.
(d) Warm.

3. What might happen if Ginzburg makes any stops along the way to present herself for the arrest warrant?
(a) She might get an even harsher sentence.
(b) She might be shot.
(c) Her mother might become hysterical.
(d) She could make things even more difficult for herself or loved ones.

4. Where is Ginzburg sent at the opening of Chapter 19?
(a) Siberia.
(b) St. Petersburg.
(c) Home.
(d) Krasin Street Prison.

5. Where is Ginzburg put after her initial interrogations?
(a) In a courtyard with tents for shelter.
(b) In a dormitory with other political offenders.
(c) In a cellar.
(d) In a bleak prison with stone walls.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long does this form of interrogation last?

2. What does Ginzburg consider as she is traveling back to Moscow?

3. Who agonizes over the hearing on Ginzburg?

4. What does Milda encourage Ginzburg to do?

5. How is Ginzburg's new prison described?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does a friendly soldier tell Ginzburg on her way back to Butyrki after her trial?

2. Who summons Ginzburg after Elvov's arrest; what do they want with her, and how does she respond?

3. What is mentioned about the Red Tatary and why does Ginzburg threaten one prisoner in French?

4. Describe Captain Vevers' behavior to Ginzburg.

5. Who is Zinaida Abramova and how is she treated at the prison?

6. Describe the interrogation of Ginzburg by Livanov.

7. Who is Eugenia Semyonovna Ginzburg and why is she awakened early in the morning on December 1, 1934?

8. What does Alexandra Alexandrovna advise Ginzburg?

9. Why does Ginzburg think things have been straightened out and what happens to throw her back into the midst of the purge?

10. What happens after Ginzburg is given a summation of her indictments?

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