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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 is the Italian woman doing?
(a) Moaning.
(b) Screaming.
(c) Singing.
(d) Praying the rosary.

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

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

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

5. From where is Tulub?
(a) Slovakia.
(b) The Ukraine.
(c) Leningrad.
(d) Minsk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the women become proficient at during the day?

2. About what do the female prisoners disagree?

3. When is the worse time for Ginzburg at the prison?

4. Where is Ginzburg sent to work?

5. In what month and year are Ginzburg and the others transferred?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What routine do Julia and Ginzburg maintain?

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

4. What happens when Julia and Ginzburg see a flower in the courtyard?

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

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

7. What does Ginzburg say about the ongoing political purges and how do some of the prisoners view the likely incarceration of some of those fallen under the most recent purges?

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

9. What range of sentences are the women whom Ginzburg meets given, and why does Ginzburg consider herself lucky?

10. What happens that causes Julia and Ginzburg to eat their hoarded supply of sugar and bread?

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