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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Milda?
(a) A prisoner who is in there because the family she worked for were arrested.
(b) One of the female guards.
(c) A young, German opera singer.
(d) An elderly Latvian woman.

2. Why do many people believe they are safe from arrest?
(a) They are loyal party members.
(b) They teach in very remote areas.
(c) They have been given medals from Stalin.
(d) They are not active in politics.

3. Why is Elvov apologizing to Ginzburg?
(a) He misunderstood one of her articles and cut it from the series.
(b) Her association with him may be costly to her.
(c) He is unable to help her identify two anonymous Stalin spies.
(d) He is inaccurate in a quote from her.

4. How long does the second round of interrogations last?
(a) 5 days.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Three hours.
(d) 1 day.

5. How old is the youngest woman in the cell with Ginzburg?
(a) 23.
(b) 16.
(c) 26.
(d) 13.

6. What does Ginzburg say in her letter to the secret police?
(a) She absolves her family in her crimes.
(b) She confesses to everything of which she is accused.
(c) She asks forgiveness from the party.
(d) She criticizes them for their methods.

7. What does Ginzburg consider as she is traveling back to Moscow?
(a) Forming a group to assassinate Stalin.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Writing a condemnation of Trotsky.
(d) Denouncing her best friend.

8. To what does Ginzburg attribute her not signing anything that was false?
(a) She wanted to be a good example for other Party members who are falsely accused.
(b) The more brutal means of interrogations were not yet used.
(c) She wanted to be a good example for her children.
(d) She had a spiritual strength.

9. How long after her hearing is Ginzburg arrested?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) One day.
(c) Eight days.
(d) Several months.

10. What does Sagidullin think is the reason for the current purge?
(a) To trim the party, which had stopped being such an elite organization.
(b) To kill off anyone that might challenge Stalin.
(c) To get Stalin's cronies into all the important positions in the government.
(d) There does not seem to be a reason for it.

11. What has happened to the entire government of Tartary?
(a) The Tartary government has been accused of collusion with terrorists.
(b) They have resigned their positions en-masse.
(c) The Tartary government meetings have been suspended.
(d) The have been imprisoned.

12. Why is Ginzburg happy after her trial?
(a) She receives three years but is allowed to serve in her home town.
(b) She is only given two years.
(c) She is not to be executed.
(d) She is released for time served.

13. What has Ginzburg heard is an indication she is about to be shot?
(a) She is made to sign papers that she is not allowed to read.
(b) The nicer the prison the more likely one is to die soon.
(c) She is put into a single cell with a real bed.
(d) She is given all her possesions back.

14. What is returned to Ginzburg?
(a) Her papers.
(b) Her money.
(c) Her watch.
(d) Her dentures.

15. What does Tsarevsky say about Elvov?
(a) He has said Ginzburg contacted him about killing another party member.
(b) He has confessed against Ginzburg.
(c) He has killed himself.
(d) He has confessed to participating in a plot against Stalin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Pitkovskaya commit suicide?

2. What do Ginzburg, Rimma, Ira and Julia discover?

3. Why does Ginzburg try to clean up herself?

4. What are the sounds in the middle of the night?

5. How is Vevers described?

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