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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Piece of Meat, The Snake Charmer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the narrator claim was the last human emotion? ("Sententious.")
(a) Bitterness.
(b) Love.
(c) Hate.
(d) Fear.

2. In "In The Night," what were Glebov and Bagretsov looking for?
(a) A bread supply.
(b) A road to escape.
(c) A dead body.
(d) A lost purse.

3. What was Glebov's old occupation before being sent to the camps?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A carpenter.
(c) A dentist.
(d) A lawyer.

4. What did the narrator say "materialized out of nowhere"? ("Sententious.")
(a) People.
(b) Song.
(c) Bread.
(d) Food.

5. Because of the barrenness of the winter, as described in "A Pushover Job," how far could a person be seen from?
(a) A mile away.
(b) A quarter mile away.
(c) 500 feet away.
(d) Half a mile away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Merzlakov received for breakfast on the morning that he compared humans to livestock?

2. In "In the Night," what was Glebov in no hurry to swallow?

3. What did Glebov want at the end of "In the Night"?

4. What was the last thing that Golubev said in "A Piece of Meat"?

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

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