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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 the narrator claim was "a relative concept"? ("In the Bathhouse")
(a) Wishes.
(b) Lamenting.
(c) Eating.
(d) Infestation.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the narrator say was the only thing that a prisoner would wash if he were only allotted a spoonful of water to bathe?

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

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

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

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