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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What, in "Chief of Political Control," was summoning the hospital director?
(a) A siren.
(b) An alarm.
(c) A bell.
(d) A phone call.

3. Fedya Shapov had been a member of what league prior to becoming a prisoner?
(a) The Imperialist League.
(b) The Red Power League.
(c) The Youth League of Russia.
(d) The Young Communist League.

4. What did the two men, from "A Pushover Job," place into the bag of pine needles?
(a) A watch.
(b) A stone.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A stick.

5. What was the name of the religious sect spoken about in "Quiet"?
(a) God Knows.
(b) Hope in God.
(c) Forever Free.
(d) Know to Live.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following instruments were allowed to be used by political prisoners when under the watch of the worst camp heads?

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

4. What had the narrator written complaints about? ("The Lawyers' Plot.")

5. In "On Tick," what did the narrator say was the safest place to be?

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