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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Because of the barrenness of the winter, as described in "A Pushover Job," how far could a person be seen from?
(a) Half a mile away.
(b) A quarter mile away.
(c) 500 feet away.
(d) A mile away.

2. According to Golubev's boss in "Magic," who are all of the carpenters?
(a) The men with belts.
(b) Those with bruised hands.
(c) The peasants.
(d) Those with stitches on their arms.

3. What was the hospital director doing with the doctors at the opening of "Chief of Political Control"?
(a) Complaining about the prisoners.
(b) Playing cards.
(c) Playing pool.
(d) Watching a surgery.

4. What, in the narrator's language, meant "run off at the mouth"? ("Esperanto.")
(a) Tetling.
(b) Drooling
(c) Ticking.
(d) Squealing.

5. What did Praga, in "Esperanto," do to his clothing?
(a) Tore it into rags.
(b) Traded it for tobacco.
(c) Traded it for extra soup.
(d) Burned it.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what book were the cards made from that were used in "On Tick"?

2. What work gang was never worried about in regard to running away? ("Major Pugachov's Last Battle.")

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

4. Who shoved the narrator up against a window in the basement? ("My First Tooth.")

5. What did Merzlakov pretend was hurt so that he would not have to return to work?

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