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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 say was the only thing that a prisoner would wash if he were only allotted a spoonful of water to bathe?
(a) His eyes.
(b) His mouth.
(c) His nose.
(d) His ears.

2. Who did Gorbunov kill in "Major Pugachov's Last Battle"?
(a) Another prisoner.
(b) A guard.
(c) A man who took his shoes.
(d) A man who took his bread.

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

4. From what book were the cards made from that were used in "On Tick"?
(a) A bible.
(b) Matchbooks.
(c) A book by Shakespeare.
(d) A book by Victor Hugo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator claim was the farthest thing from envy, fear and bitterness? ("Sententious.")

2. What did the narrator claim had left all men, in "Dry Rations," because of the long fasts that they suffered through?

3. Why did Kurchen write his letter with his left hand instead of his right?

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

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

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