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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Major Pugachov's Last Battle, On Tick.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were the needles of the dwarf cedar tree taken to?
(a) A "vitamin factory."
(b) The bathouse.
(c) The commander's home.
(d) A work house.

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

3. At the beginning of "In The Night," what had just ended?
(a) Breakfast.
(b) Lunch.
(c) Noon tea.
(d) Supper.

4. What was the only way that prisoners could stand by the stove in "Quiet"?
(a) To warm their soup.
(b) To dry their hands.
(c) To dry shoes.
(d) To dry bread.

5. What did the narrator, in "Sententious," claim was the first pity to return?
(a) Pity for loved-ones.
(b) Pity for animals.
(c) Pity for mankind.
(d) Pity for self.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men were standing in the corridor awaiting a strip search? ("Prosthetic Appliances.")

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

3. In "In The Night," what were Glebov and Bagretsov looking for?

4. What did "Carpenters" state men were not shown?

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

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