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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maria Nimtsevitskaya give Ginzburg?
(a) A letter from Ginzburg's husband.
(b) A bottle of multi-vitamins.
(c) A wool jacket.
(d) A new pair of shoes.

2. What happens to what they see?
(a) It falls through the drain.
(b) A guard destroys it.
(c) A guard kills it.
(d) A hawk grabs it.

3. How long do Ginzburg's parents spend in prison?
(a) Two months.
(b) Almost a year.
(c) Five years.
(d) Two years.

4. How does Ginzburg characterize Marya Dogadkina?
(a) An illiterate peasant.
(b) An angel.
(c) A devil.
(d) A pleasant but incompetent supervisor.

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

6. How are the sections divided up at the transfer camp?
(a) By crimes.
(b) By age.
(c) By region.
(d) By gender.

7. About what is Ginzburg happy even after her horrible experiences?
(a) She finds her husband alive and waiting for when she is released.
(b) She met so many wonderful people.
(c) True Commuinsts are in power.
(d) Her mother was still alive when Ginzburg is released.

8. To what task is Ginzburg assigned in Elgen?
(a) Sewing.
(b) Farming.
(c) Quarry work.
(d) Felling timber.

9. What can Ginzburg not believe in reflecting upon what has happened to herself and others?
(a) She meets so many people who went through the same things she did.
(b) More people didn't die in the terrible conditions.
(c) She survived the horrors.
(d) It really could happen.

10. How old is Ginzburg when she is writing this book?
(a) 70s.
(b) 50s.
(c) 60s.
(d) 40s.

11. What are Ginzburg and the other prisoners no longer permitted to do?
(a) Anything alone.
(b) Talk among themselves.
(c) Sing.
(d) Write anything down.

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

13. When is Ginzburg freed?
(a) About six months after arriving at Elgen.
(b) About three years after arriving at Elgen.
(c) After Stalin's death.
(d) When she is almost seventy.

14. About what does Julia become optimistic?
(a) The new prison Governor would be more benevolent.
(b) She and Ginzburg would be transferred to a more humane prison.
(c) Her husband would get permission to visit her.
(d) They would be released soon.

15. Who is Pickwick?
(a) The new prison Governor.
(b) A kind, elderly guard.
(c) The doctor who treats Julia and Ginzburg.
(d) A new prisoner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Ginzburg exercises in her cell?

2. What is familiar about the journey the women are making?

3. What does Petukhov vow?

4. Who is the latest of the higher members of the Party to be imprisoned?

5. What language does Ginzburg know that helps her get an easier assignment?

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