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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 mouth.
(b) His eyes.
(c) His ears.
(d) His nose.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What mountain spring did the narrator and his three companions reach at the beginning of "Dry Rations"?

2. What did the narrator compare the hills to in "A Pushover Job"?

3. According to Merzlakov, who were the first to die in the camps?

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

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

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