Kolyma Tales Test | Final Test - Medium

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Kolyma Tales Test | Final Test - Medium

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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. According to "The Lawyers' Plot", what does "smertin" mean?
(a) Power.
(b) Truth.
(c) Obedience.
(d) Death.

2. What occupation did Golubev's boss ask if any of the new prisoners had held? ("Magic.")
(a) Lawyers.
(b) Doctors.
(c) Geologists.
(d) Secret police.

3. What month was it in "The Lawyers' Plot"?
(a) December.
(b) October.
(c) March.
(d) April.

4. From where did the new group of prisoners come from? ("Magic.")
(a) Leningrad.
(b) Moscow.
(c) St. Petersburg.
(d) Prague.

5. What was being yelled as Peter Zayats was thrown out of the shelter and into the snow? ("My First Tooth.")
(a) "Dragons!"
(b) "Monster!"
(c) "Thief!"
(d) "Liar!"

Short Answer Questions

1. Where, in "Magic," was Golubev summoned to?

2. On the train, in "The Train," what did the narrator state was his first happiness?

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

4. When the name "Skoroseev" was mentioned to the narrator, what did he immediately recall? ("Esperanto.")

5. In the notebook in "A Child's Drawings", what were all the houses surrounded by?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Golubev watch Stukov's "game" with pleasure? ("Magic.")

2. What "magical powers" did Stukov have? ("Magic")

3. Why did the narrator decide that he had not been lucky in getting called to Romanov's home? ("The Lawyer's Plot.")

4. What game did the lieutenant and the narrator play during "The Train"?

5. Why did Gusev break the window in the basement of the former monastery? ("My First Tooth.")

6. What happened to the Spam that was sent to the camps from America? ("Land-Lease.")

7. What was written on the cell ceiling of the monastery basement? ("My First Tooth.")

8. Why were the convicts unable to eat the horse meat in "Esperanto"?

9. Why was the narrator afraid to get off of the train at any station other than the Moscow station? ("The Train.")

10. What happened at the end of "Esperanto" to the narrator"?

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