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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 did the narrator, in "Sententious," claim that each day brought?
(a) The desire to die.
(b) The urge to escape.
(c) The danger of a "lurch into death."
(d) The renewed hope of life.

2. What work gang was never worried about in regard to running away? ("Major Pugachov's Last Battle.")
(a) The forestry gang.
(b) The mine gang.
(c) The bathhouse gang.
(d) The road gang.

3. What did Glebov want at the end of "In the Night"?
(a) A coffee.
(b) A warm meal.
(c) A smoke.
(d) A new coat.

4. What occupation did Golubev's boss ask if any of the new prisoners had held? ("Magic.")
(a) Geologists.
(b) Lawyers.
(c) Doctors.
(d) Secret police.

5. What did Nikishov claim was different about Kolyma? ("Chief of Political Control.")
(a) Its prisoners.
(b) Its morality.
(c) Its power.
(d) Its strength.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the notebook in "A Child's Drawings", what were all the houses surrounded by?

2. What did the narrator claim was "a relative concept"? ("In the Bathhouse")

3. What was being yelled as Peter Zayats was thrown out of the shelter and into the snow? ("My First Tooth.")

4. What did Merzlakov steal when he "miraculously managed" to get a stable-hand job at the camps?

5. In "Prosthetic Appliances," what would a guard mark a cell with if the cell was not to receive hot food?

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