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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sententious.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the narrator say "materialized out of nowhere"? ("Sententious.")
(a) Bread.
(b) Food.
(c) People.
(d) Song.

2. What did the narrator claim was the farthest thing from envy, fear and bitterness? ("Sententious.")
(a) Caring.
(b) Solidarity.
(c) Warmth.
(d) Love.

3. What did Potashnikov receive for dinner at the end of "Carpenters"?
(a) Oatmeal.
(b) Bread.
(c) Crackers.
(d) Grits.

4. What did the narrator, in "Sententious," claim that each day brought?
(a) The danger of a "lurch into death."
(b) The urge to escape.
(c) The renewed hope of life.
(d) The desire to die.

5. 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?
(a) His ears.
(b) His mouth.
(c) His nose.
(d) His eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator, in "Sententious," claim was the first pity to return?

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

3. What did the two men, from "A Pushover Job," place into the bag of pine needles?

4. What was Glebov's old occupation before being sent to the camps?

5. What did the narrator say that he refused to listen to? ("Sententious.")

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