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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. During what months would the dwarf cedar tree rise up from the ground?
(a) April or May.
(b) September or October.
(c) December or January.
(d) March or April.

5. What did Glebov want at the end of "In the Night"?
(a) A coffee.
(b) A warm meal.
(c) A smoke.
(d) A new coat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the narrator say "materialized out of nowhere"? ("Sententious.")

3. What did the narrator, in "Sententious," claim that each day brought?

4. What did Bagretsov cut his finger on as he lay on the ground near Glebov?

5. What are the bathhouse sessions referred to in "In the Bathhouse"?

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