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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapter 9, Salvation from Heaven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ginzburg write?
(a) A treatise on the abuses of the Soviet system.
(b) A novel about her childhood.
(c) An appeal to the head of the Politburo.
(d) A chapbook of poetry.

2. What do the two women continue to hide?
(a) Fish bones and medicine.
(b) Letters smuggled into them from their families.
(c) Notes from other prisoners.
(d) Their writings.

3. What does Ginzburg say is at the base of the walls in her cell?
(a) Names and dates sculpted on the stone.
(b) Mold.
(c) Mementos of previous prisoners.
(d) Blood stains.

4. What does Milda encourage Ginzburg to do?
(a) To sing when she wakes in the morning.
(b) To rat on other prisoners.
(c) To stop up her ears with cotton.
(d) To teach her to read.

5. What does Yaroslavsky open the cell window to give Ginzburg?
(a) A book.
(b) A note from the woman in the cell next door.
(c) Words of encouragement.
(d) A letter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ginzburg view the hearings against her and others?

2. Why are the window fans in the cells shut off?

3. Who is "Grandma" Nastya?

4. Where is Ginzburg assigned?

5. How long does the second round of interrogations last?

(see the answer key)

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