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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through My First Tooth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of bird did the narrator say was unafraid of people and could be shot easily? ("Sententious.")
(a) Grouse.
(b) Quail.
(c) Duck.
(d) Pheasant.

2. What did the two men, from "A Pushover Job," place into the bag of pine needles?
(a) A watch.
(b) A stick.
(c) A stone.
(d) A rabbit.

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

4. Who shoved the narrator up against a window in the basement? ("My First Tooth.")
(a) Demetri.
(b) Gusev.
(c) Frentscov.
(d) Trentkov.

5. What did the narrator claim had left all men, in "Dry Rations," because of the long fasts that they suffered through?
(a) All will to live.
(b) All human emotions.
(c) All desire to survive.
(d) All need for food.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Major Pugachov's Last Battle," what keys did Gorbunov come to the guardhouse to get?

2. What did Potashnikov receive for dinner at the end of "Carpenters"?

3. According to Merzlakov, who were the first to die in the camps?

4. What story did the men at the fire NOT want to hear Platonov tell? (The Snake Charmer.")

5. In "Magic," what object was tapping on the window?

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