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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the name "Skoroseev" was mentioned to the narrator, what did he immediately recall? ("Esperanto.")
(a) The road to Tibet.
(b) The road to Lennigrad.
(c) The road to Moscow.
(d) The road to Siberia.

2. What, in "My First Tooth," was rented to put convicts into?
(a) A private home.
(b) A mission.
(c) Huts.
(d) A school.

3. What had the narrator written complaints about? ("The Lawyers' Plot.")
(a) Guard beatings.
(b) Weather work conditions.
(c) Bunk conditions.
(d) Bread rations.

4. Who shoved the narrator up against a window in the basement? ("My First Tooth.")
(a) Frentscov.
(b) Gusev.
(c) Demetri.
(d) Trentkov.

5. Once on the train, who did the narrator find in his seat? ("The Train.")
(a) A pregnant woman.
(b) A child.
(c) A prostitute.
(d) A drunk lieutenant.

6. How many carpenters were allowed to be retained in "Magic"?
(a) 30.
(b) 50.
(c) 25.
(d) 15.

7. Stories of what bridge made Golubev's boss ecstatic? ("Magic.")
(a) Brooklyn Bridge.
(b) Eads Bridge.
(c) Golden Gate Bridge.
(d) Storbaelt Bridge.

8. Where did the convicts spend the night in "My First Tooth"?
(a) A cave.
(b) A barracks.
(c) A police station.
(d) A bathhouse.

9. What was Romanov's real occupation? ("The Lawyers' Plot.")
(a) Informant for the German Army.
(b) American spy.
(c) Secret police.
(d) Nazi informant.

10. What was the name of Golubev's boss in "Magic"?
(a) Flakov.
(b) Stukov.
(c) Stiffern.
(d) Kindner.

11. Why did Golubev's boss like him? ("Magic.")
(a) Because he hated drunks.
(b) Because he did not accept bribes.
(c) For both reasons listed.
(d) For none of the reasons listed.

12. Who, upon growing up, "created many bright birds"? ("A Child's Drawing.")
(a) God.
(b) The narrator.
(c) The child.
(d) The narrator's brother.

13. What did Golubev's boss rely on to choose workers to stay at his camp?( "Magic.")
(a) "A reliance on fate."
(b) "Special powers."
(c) "A hidden listing of occupations."
(d) "A slight of the hand by the handlers."

14. What was raked into Shemolyov's work gang? ("The Lawyers' Plot.")
(a) The deformed.
(b) Professionals.
(c) Tradesmen.
(d) Human rejects.

15. Why was the window in the basement broken? ("My First Tooth.")
(a) To get fresh air.
(b) To get snow to melt to drink.
(c) To try to escape.
(d) To throw out the dead bodies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job did Skoroseev volunteer to do since no one else could or would? ("Esperanto.")

2. What was the name of the prisoner who was allowed to drive the tractor? ("Land-Lease.")

3. According to "The Lawyers' Plot," how many paths led out of the mine?

4. How many years of his life was the narrator ready to forget? ("The Train.")

5. What provided unexpected joy for the narrator in "The Lawyers' Plot"?

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