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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose job was it to run the bathhouse and disinfect clothes at the work camps?
(a) The Sanitation Squad.
(b) The section commanders.
(c) The Bathhouse Squad.
(d) The work-men from the barracks.

2. What did "Carpenters" state men were not shown?
(a) The food trucks.
(b) A clock.
(c) Where the blankets were.
(d) A thermometer.

3. 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.

4. As told in "In the Bathhouse," how many men are packed into the dressing-rooms of the bathhouse?
(a) Up to a hundred.
(b) Ten to fifteen.
(c) Twenty at a time.
(d) Five.

5. At the beginning of "In The Night," what had just ended?
(a) Noon tea.
(b) Supper.
(c) Breakfast.
(d) Lunch.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long had Merzlakov been in the camp (according to "Shock Therapy")?

2. Where were the needles of the dwarf cedar tree taken to?

3. In "A Pushover Job," which northern tree did the narrator state that he loved the most?

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

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

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