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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prosthetic Appliances, Quiet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "A Pushover Job," which northern tree did the narrator state that he loved the most?
(a) The dwarf pine.
(b) The giant elm.
(c) The massive oak.
(d) The dwarf cedar.

2. What dessert were the prisoners fed in "Quiet"?
(a) Pudding.
(b) Sugared bread.
(c) Cake.
(d) Fruit.

3. How long had Merzlakov been in the camp (according to "Shock Therapy")?
(a) A year and a half.
(b) One year.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six days.

4. What was the only way that prisoners could stand by the stove in "Quiet"?
(a) To dry their hands.
(b) To dry bread.
(c) To warm their soup.
(d) To dry shoes.

5. Whose job was it to run the bathhouse and disinfect clothes at the work camps?
(a) The section commanders.
(b) The Bathhouse Squad.
(c) The Sanitation Squad.
(d) The work-men from the barracks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was no convict able to have of his own? ("In the Bathhouse.")

2. For Potashnikov, how long did his breakfast sustain his work? ("Carpenters.")

3. To whom was "Sententious" dedicated?

4. In "Sententious," how many shotguns were kept in the tent of the narrator?

5. What did the narrator, in "Sententious," claim was the first pity to return?

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