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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 warm meal.
(b) A coffee.
(c) A smoke.
(d) A new coat.

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

3. Who did Fedya write to at the end of "Dry Rations"?
(a) His mother.
(b) His brother.
(c) His wife.
(d) His father.

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

5. What was Glebov's old occupation before being sent to the camps?
(a) A carpenter.
(b) A dentist.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A doctor.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Potashnikov receive for dinner at the end of "Carpenters"?

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

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