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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Elgen like compared to Kolyma?
(a) The work is much easier.
(b) Much worse.
(c) It is very small in comparison.
(d) About the same.

4. What is interesting about the prison library?
(a) There are copies of publicly-banned books.
(b) Each book is only allowed to be checked out one time for one day.
(c) The books are all written by primarily English and American authors.
(d) They are stocked with books about God.

5. What happens when Ginzburg exercises in her cell?
(a) She is told it is forbidden.
(b) She gets bad shin splints from the stone floor.
(c) She slips on the stone.
(d) She gets sick from breathing the moldy air.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When is Ginzburg freed?

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

4. Who is Vasily Petukhov?

5. Who is Zinaida Tulub?

Short Essay Questions

1. When is Ginzburg freed and what does she persist in believing in despite her life in prison?

2. What are some of the rules Ginzburg mentions as being cited on a paper hanging on the wall?

3. What happens when Ginzburg is taken to Magadan Infirmary?

4. What small joy do Ginzburg and the other prisoners enjoy when the Black Maria is late?

5. Who is Marya Dogadkina and how is she described?

6. What does Dr. Pickwick insist upon in treating Julia and Ginzburg?

7. What happens when the prisoners are held in a transfer camp?

8. Why does Ginzburg waken one day to find Krivitsky standing over her?

9. How does Ginzburg offer an act of forgiveness for the man who labeled Ginzburg a terrorist?

10. What routine do Julia and Ginzburg maintain?

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