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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Merzlakov, who were the first to die in the camps?
(a) The "scrawny men."
(b) The "hungry men."
(c) The "larger men."
(d) The "starved men."

2. What did Merzlakov steal when he "miraculously managed" to get a stable-hand job at the camps?
(a) Eggs.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Oats.
(d) Flour.

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

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

5. What kind of bird did the narrator say was unafraid of people and could be shot easily? ("Sententious.")
(a) Quail.
(b) Grouse.
(c) Pheasant.
(d) Duck.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Potashnikov receive for dinner at the end of "Carpenters"?

3. What did Glebov want at the end of "In the Night"?

4. Whose job was it to run the bathhouse and disinfect clothes at the work camps?

5. Fedya Shapov had been a member of what league prior to becoming a prisoner?

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