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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Carpenters, Dry Rations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Fedya write to at the end of "Dry Rations"?
(a) His brother.
(b) His wife.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

2. 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 eyes.
(b) His nose.
(c) His ears.
(d) His mouth.

3. As told in "In the Bathhouse," how many men are packed into the dressing-rooms of the bathhouse?
(a) Five.
(b) Up to a hundred.
(c) Ten to fifteen.
(d) Twenty at a time.

4. Fedya Shapov had been a member of what league prior to becoming a prisoner?
(a) The Imperialist League.
(b) The Young Communist League.
(c) The Red Power League.
(d) The Youth League of Russia.

5. What did Glebov want at the end of "In the Night"?
(a) A new coat.
(b) A warm meal.
(c) A coffee.
(d) A smoke.

Short Answer Questions

1. Because of the barrenness of the winter, as described in "A Pushover Job," how far could a person be seen from?

2. Whose job was it to run the bathhouse and disinfect clothes at the work camps?

3. What did Merzlakov steal when he "miraculously managed" to get a stable-hand job at the camps?

4. What did the narrator claim had left all men, in "Dry Rations," because of the long fasts that they suffered through?

5. According to Merzlakov, who were the first to die in the camps?

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