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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapter 1, Car Number 7 | Part II, Chapter 2, All Sorts to Make a World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is familiar about the journey the women are making?
(a) There's good medical care.
(b) They have fairly decent food.
(c) They are each given two sets of good clothing.
(d) It still has searches, meal routines and ration stops.

2. What is Ginzburg told in the meeting?
(a) She is expelled from the Communist Party.
(b) She is exonerated of all but three minor charges.
(c) She is to go work on a communal farm and teach there.
(d) She is to be executed.

3. From where is Tulub?
(a) Minsk.
(b) Slovakia.
(c) Leningrad.
(d) The Ukraine.

4. What might happen if Ginzburg makes any stops along the way to present herself for the arrest warrant?
(a) She might be shot.
(b) Her mother might become hysterical.
(c) She might get an even harsher sentence.
(d) She could make things even more difficult for herself or loved ones.

5. Who is Comrade Beylin?
(a) A doctor who gives Ginzburg a slip saying she was ill.
(b) Stalin's son-in-law and head of the Foreign Propaganda office.
(c) The head of the local GPU.
(d) The new Chariman of the Bureau of Party Political Control.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ginzburg defend herself?

2. What is crawling with insects?

3. How is Ginzburg's new prison described?

4. What does Ginzburg say in her letter to the secret police?

5. What is the criminal offense of which Ginzburg is now accused?

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