2. In what format does Ginzburg write her memoir about her prison experiences?
(a) A series of essays.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Letter format.
(d) Chronological story telling.

3. Who comes to see Ginzburg?
(a) Her mother.
(b) The prison governor.
(c) Her husband.
(d) The prison physician.

4. What does Polina Melnikova explain to the new prisoners?
(a) How to stay warm in the cold.
(b) How to find trees that have a weakness and can be cut more easily.
(c) How to make ice shelters.
(d) How to cheat the quota system.

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

6. How many hours a day is Ginzburg confined to her cell?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 22.
(d) 16.

7. What does Ginzburg think they are doing that is causing the screaming?
(a) She has no idea.
(b) Getting ready to execute a prisoner.
(c) Forcing a prisoner to eat.
(d) Hosing a prisoner down with freezing water.

8. Why do the prisoners want the guards to open windows and other sources of fresh air?
(a) Fresh air is the only thing that reminds the prisoners of the outside.
(b) There is a contagious flu going around.
(c) The cells are beginning to have a lot of mold in them.
(d) There is smoke in the cell blocks.

9. Who does Ginzburg believe are dying off or being killed?
(a) Most of the original Party founders.
(b) Most of the men and women who have college degrees.
(c) Older, decent people.
(d) All her friends.

10. What happens that brightens the prisoners' lives?
(a) They are allowed weekly visitors.
(b) The library is reopened.
(c) They are allowed monthly visitors.
(d) They receive reductions in their sentences for good behavior.

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

12. The women are sent from the prison _______________.
(a) To the train station.
(b) To board a line of trucks.
(c) To a holding area.
(d) To their homes.

13. About what do the female prisoners disagree?
(a) The need to "behave."
(b) The need for purges.
(c) Stalin.
(d) The innate goodness of humanity.

14. What does Ginzburg hear in the hall as her visitor leaves?
(a) Screaming.
(b) Gunshots.
(c) Arguing.
(d) Singing.

15. What is done over the next three days?
(a) Indoctrination begins.
(b) Medical inspections.
(c) Re-trials for some prisoners.
(d) Good food is distributed.