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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During what months would the dwarf cedar tree rise up from the ground?
(a) September or October.
(b) December or January.
(c) March or April.
(d) April or May.

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

3. How did the narrator, in "Sententious," perceive the tent in which he slept?
(a) As a place of comfort.
(b) As a gift.
(c) As a fog.
(d) As a comfortable bed.

4. In "In the Night," what was Glebov in no hurry to swallow?
(a) Jam.
(b) Biscuits.
(c) Grapes.
(d) Bread.

5. What did Pesniakevich's mother own in Minsk? ("Prosthetic Appliances.")
(a) A coffee shop.
(b) A bookstore.
(c) A laundry.
(d) A whore-house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of bird did the narrator say was unafraid of people and could be shot easily? ("Sententious.")

2. What sun had burned the men's faces in "My First Tooth"?

3. What kind of injection did the chief in "Chief of Political Control" need?

4. What appeared on a tree stump at the end of "Sententious"?

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

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