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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 did the narrator claim was the last human emotion? ("Sententious.")
(a) Love.
(b) Hate.
(c) Bitterness.
(d) Fear.

2. How much oatmeal did the convicts receive in their portions? ("Land-Lease")
(a) One cup.
(b) 1 tablespoon.
(c) Half a cup.
(d) 2 tablespoons.

3. What was the Convict Injector to be replaced with? ("The Injector")
(a) An older injector.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A civilian employee.
(d) A new injector.

4. Who, upon growing up, "created many bright birds"? ("A Child's Drawing.")
(a) The narrator.
(b) The child.
(c) The narrator's brother.
(d) God.

5. How long had the bodies been in the mass grave? ("Land-Lease.")
(a) Since 1894.
(b) Since 1902.
(c) Since 1938.
(d) Since 1947.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Diamond trucks and Studebakers haul along the roads in Kolyma? ("Land-Lease.")

2. What, in "Land-Lease," was nicknamed "American honey"?

3. What number gang was the director questioning in "The Injector"?

4. What kind of bird did the narrator say was unafraid of people and could be shot easily? ("Sententious.")

5. What equipment arrived from America and, therefore, convicts learned a new word?

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