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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "In The Night," what were Glebov and Bagretsov looking for?
(a) A lost purse.
(b) A road to escape.
(c) A dead body.
(d) A bread supply.

3. In "In the Night," what was Glebov in no hurry to swallow?
(a) Grapes.
(b) Bread.
(c) Biscuits.
(d) Jam.

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

5. What did Bagretsov cut his finger on as he lay on the ground near Glebov?
(a) A zipper.
(b) A rock.
(c) A branch.
(d) A knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what months would the dwarf cedar tree rise up from the ground?

2. In "Carpenters," for how long had the fog been so thick that a man was not able to be seen from "two paces away"?

3. In "Shock Therapy," what was described as Merzlakov's former profession?

4. What did the narrator claim was "a relative concept"? ("In the Bathhouse")

5. Because of the barrenness of the winter, as described in "A Pushover Job," how far could a person be seen from?

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