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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. What helps Ginzburg sleep?
(a) Singing.
(b) Composing mental poetry.
(c) Praying.
(d) Meditating.

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

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

4. Where is Ginzburg assigned?
(a) To the camp library.
(b) To the laundry rooms.
(c) To the children's hospital.
(d) To the kitchen crew.

5. What strikes Ginzburg when talking with Tulub?
(a) Tulub still believes in the greater good of Communism.
(b) Ginzburg feels that Ginzburg's life story Ginzburg is telling is someone else's.
(c) Tulub is so optimistic despite everything she's been through.
(d) Tulub has such a strong faith in a god force.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Zinaida Tulub?

2. What does Ginzburg think they are doing that is causing the screaming?

3. How does Ginzburg characterize Marya Dogadkina?

4. Who surrounds the women as they march to the camp?

5. For how long is Ginzburg at Yaroslavl?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is it like for Ginzburg in her cell at the prison?

4. What happens when the Prison Governor comes to visit Ginzburg?

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

6. What is Julia determined to do and what does she save for the day?

7. What happens when Ginzburg is having a conversation with Zinaida Tulub?

8. Why is Ginzburg taken to see Nabob and what happens?

9. About what do the female prisoners disagree during their discussions on the train ride?

10. Who teaches the new prisoners how to fake their lumber quota?

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