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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 say "materialized out of nowhere"? ("Sententious.")
(a) Bread.
(b) Food.
(c) People.
(d) Song.

2. How did the narrator, in "Sententious," perceive the tent in which he slept?
(a) As a fog.
(b) As a gift.
(c) As a place of comfort.
(d) As a comfortable bed.

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

4. What did Nikishov claim was different about Kolyma? ("Chief of Political Control.")
(a) Its prisoners.
(b) Its strength.
(c) Its power.
(d) Its morality.

5. What did the chief, in "Chief of Political Control," refuse in place of doing business first?
(a) Drinks.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Rest.
(d) Lunch.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom was "Sententious" dedicated?

2. What was the name of the prisoner who was allowed to drive the tractor? ("Land-Lease.")

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

4. What were contained in the "magical jars" in the story "Land-Lease"?

5. How much oatmeal did the convicts receive in their portions? ("Land-Lease")

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