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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lend-Lease, Condensed Milk.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of bird did the narrator say was unafraid of people and could be shot easily? ("Sententious.")
(a) Pheasant.
(b) Duck.
(c) Grouse.
(d) Quail.

2. To whom was "Sententious" dedicated?
(a) Romentz Bulvikov.
(b) Nitkita Drezgrov.
(c) Simon Gradstrom.
(d) Nadezhda Mandelshtam.

3. What color was the notebook that the men found in "A Child's Drawing"?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Black.

4. What did the narrator, in "Sententious," claim that each day brought?
(a) The urge to escape.
(b) The danger of a "lurch into death."
(c) The desire to die.
(d) The renewed hope of life.

5. To what director was "The Injector" written to?
(a) The Director of Incoming Prisoners.
(b) The Director of Supplies.
(c) The Director of Mines.
(d) The Director of Munitions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator claim was the farthest thing from envy, fear and bitterness? ("Sententious.")

2. What kind of injection did the chief in "Chief of Political Control" need?

3. What did the narrator claim was the last human emotion? ("Sententious.")

4. How did the narrator, in "Sententious," perceive the tent in which he slept?

5. Who, upon growing up, "created many bright birds"? ("A Child's Drawing.")

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