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

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

3. What news does "Northern Worker" carry?
(a) News of Lenin's son's death.
(b) Stalin's grave illness.
(c) Purge in the Party's ranks.
(d) Lenin's widow's death.

4. What is Ginzburg's prison cell number at Yaroslavl?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Twenty-one.

5. Where is Ginzburg sent to work?
(a) Weaving coop.
(b) Mines.
(c) Farm fields.
(d) Quarries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Ginzburg and Karepova are put in a cell together?

2. Why are the window fans in the cells shut off?

3. What makes Tanya Stankovskaya happy?

4. What happens to what they see?

5. How are the sections divided up at the transfer camp?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Ginzburg compare Kostik to Keyzin?

4. What does Ginzburg learn about her father and how does this seem to cause unwarranted punishment?

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

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

7. What new rule is forced upon the prisoners and how do they react to the restriction?

8. 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?

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

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

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