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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Magic.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Golubev's boss rely on to choose workers to stay at his camp?( "Magic.")
(a) "A hidden listing of occupations."
(b) "Special powers."
(c) "A slight of the hand by the handlers."
(d) "A reliance on fate."

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

3. What was the last thing that Golubev said in "A Piece of Meat"?
(a) "Leave me to die."
(b) "Go to hell."
(c) "There is always tomorrow."
(d) "Never again."

4. Stories of what bridge made Golubev's boss ecstatic? ("Magic.")
(a) Golden Gate Bridge.
(b) Eads Bridge.
(c) Brooklyn Bridge.
(d) Storbaelt Bridge.

5. What did Merzlakov steal when he "miraculously managed" to get a stable-hand job at the camps?
(a) Oats.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Flour.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where did the new group of prisoners come from? ("Magic.")

2. What are the bathhouse sessions referred to in "In the Bathhouse"?

3. Whose job was it to run the bathhouse and disinfect clothes at the work camps?

4. What was the name of Golubev's boss in "Magic"?

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

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