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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. What did the narrator claim was "a relative concept"? ("In the Bathhouse")
(a) Infestation.
(b) Eating.
(c) Lamenting.
(d) Wishes.

2. In "Sententious," how many shotguns were kept in the tent of the narrator?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

3. In "Shock Therapy," what was described as Merzlakov's former profession?
(a) A grain cutter.
(b) A cattle rancher.
(c) A stable-hand.
(d) A farmer.

4. In "In the Night," what was Glebov in no hurry to swallow?
(a) Grapes.
(b) Jam.
(c) Bread.
(d) Biscuits.

5. What dessert were the prisoners fed in "Quiet"?
(a) Sugared bread.
(b) Cake.
(c) Pudding.
(d) Fruit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Garkunov at the end of "On Tick"?

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

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

4. What did the narrator always fail to do in time for dinner? ("Sententious.")

5. To whom was "Sententious" dedicated?

(see the answer key)

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