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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prosthetic Appliances, Quiet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the narrator compare the hills to in "A Pushover Job"?
(a) Loaves of sugar.
(b) Sugar cookies.
(c) Frosted glass.
(d) Clouds.

2. What did Pesniakevich's mother own in Minsk? ("Prosthetic Appliances.")
(a) A bookstore.
(b) A coffee shop.
(c) A whore-house.
(d) A laundry.

3. What did the narrator say was the only thing that a prisoner would wash if he were only allotted a spoonful of water to bathe?
(a) His mouth.
(b) His nose.
(c) His ears.
(d) His eyes.

4. According to Merzlakov, who were the first to die in the camps?
(a) The "scrawny men."
(b) The "hungry men."
(c) The "starved men."
(d) The "larger men."

5. What did the narrator claim was the farthest thing from envy, fear and bitterness? ("Sententious.")
(a) Solidarity.
(b) Love.
(c) Warmth.
(d) Caring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was shot in "Quiet"?

2. In "Prosthetic Appliances," what would a guard mark a cell with if the cell was not to receive hot food?

3. What did the narrator say that he refused to listen to? ("Sententious.")

4. What was no convict able to have of his own? ("In the Bathhouse.")

5. What are the bathhouse sessions referred to in "In the Bathhouse"?

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