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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long had Merzlakov been in the camp (according to "Shock Therapy")?
(a) One year.
(b) Two years.
(c) Six days.
(d) A year and a half.

2. What prints did the men in "Dry Rations" follow to get to the spring?
(a) Solider's foot prints.
(b) Deer prints.
(c) Wagon prints.
(d) Tractor prints.

3. What had Merzlakov received for breakfast on the morning that he compared humans to livestock?
(a) An ounce of milk.
(b) One slice of bread.
(c) Two eggs.
(d) Three spoonfuls of porridge.

4. What did the narrator compare the hills to in "A Pushover Job"?
(a) Frosted glass.
(b) Clouds.
(c) Sugar cookies.
(d) Loaves of sugar.

5. In "Shock Therapy," what was described as Merzlakov's former profession?
(a) A stable-hand.
(b) A cattle rancher.
(c) A grain cutter.
(d) A farmer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was no convict able to have of his own? ("In the Bathhouse.")

2. In "In The Night," what were Glebov and Bagretsov looking for?

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

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

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

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