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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Carpenters, Dry Rations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Glebov want at the end of "In the Night"?
(a) A smoke.
(b) A warm meal.
(c) A coffee.
(d) A new coat.

2. 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) 500 feet away.
(c) A quarter mile away.
(d) A mile away.

3. Where were the needles of the dwarf cedar tree taken to?
(a) A work house.
(b) A "vitamin factory."
(c) The commander's home.
(d) The bathouse.

4. What did the narrator claim was a "special joy for a convict"? ("Dry Rations")
(a) To eat with friends.
(b) To eat alone.
(c) To have thick soup.
(d) To prepare food.

5. What mountain spring did the narrator and his three companions reach at the beginning of "Dry Rations"?
(a) Nintekuv.
(b) Supktov.
(c) Duskania.
(d) Mitenth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many parts did the men have to divide their rations into? ("Dry Rations.")

2. At the beginning of "In The Night," what had just ended?

3. What did "Carpenters" state men were not shown?

4. What did Merzlakov steal when he "miraculously managed" to get a stable-hand job at the camps?

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

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