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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. Why does Ginzburg believe she was lucky not to have signed anything?
(a) A woman who did so is executed.
(b) She might have received a longer sentence.
(c) When Stalin is out of power, she might have been ostracized.
(d) She might have been sent to a worse prison.

2. Who puts on a show for the camp?
(a) Prisoners in Hut 7.
(b) Soviets in the nearby town.
(c) Prisoners in Ginzburg's hut.
(d) No one.

3. What do the two women do at night instead of sleeping?
(a) Play cards.
(b) Create games to play.
(c) Have philosophical discussions.
(d) Read.

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

5. What has Julia been saving?
(a) Her grandchildren's letters.
(b) All the letters from her husband.
(c) Butter and sugar.
(d) Her commissary coupons.

Short Answer Questions

1. The women are sent from the prison _______________.

2. What strikes Ginzburg when talking with Tulub?

3. What do both Ginzburg and Julia wonder?

4. What do Ginzburg and Julia see in the courtyard where they are walking?

5. What does Ginzburg write?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Vasily Petukhov decide to help Ginzburg survive?

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

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

10. How old is Ginzburg when she is writing this book and what does she find difficult to believe?

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