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

2. How many axe handles were the men in "Carpenters" required to make every day?
(a) 90.
(b) 50.
(c) 70.
(d) 30.

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

4. Fedya Shapov had been a member of what league prior to becoming a prisoner?
(a) The Youth League of Russia.
(b) The Red Power League.
(c) The Imperialist League.
(d) The Young Communist League.

5. Which of the following instruments were allowed to be used by political prisoners when under the watch of the worst camp heads?
(a) All of those listed.
(b) Wheelbarrow.
(c) Saw.
(d) Pick.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Bagretsov cut his finger on as he lay on the ground near Glebov?

3. What did Andrei Platonov do prior to being in the camps?

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

5. What did Garkunov have under his dirty undershirt?

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