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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Piece of Meat, The Snake Charmer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the only way that prisoners could stand by the stove in "Quiet"?
(a) To dry their hands.
(b) To warm their soup.
(c) To dry shoes.
(d) To dry bread.

2. In "The Snake Charmer," how long did Platonov say that he had been in Jankhar?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 1 year.

3. What was a "kolymka"?
(a) A pudding.
(b) A lamp.
(c) A camp.
(d) A bread.

4. What mountain spring did the narrator and his three companions reach at the beginning of "Dry Rations"?
(a) Mitenth.
(b) Nintekuv.
(c) Supktov.
(d) Duskania.

5. What did Bagretsov cut his finger on as he lay on the ground near Glebov?
(a) A rock.
(b) A branch.
(c) A zipper.
(d) A knife.

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. How many parts did the men have to divide their rations into? ("Dry Rations.")

3. What article of the Criminal Code defined political prisoners?

4. What appeared on a tree stump at the end of "Sententious"?

5. As told in "In the Bathhouse," how many men are packed into the dressing-rooms of the bathhouse?

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