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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lend-Lease, Condensed Milk.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what book were the cards made from that were used in "On Tick"?
(a) A book by Victor Hugo.
(b) A bible.
(c) Matchbooks.
(d) A book by Shakespeare.

2. In "A Piece of Meat," how did Golubev always sleep?
(a) Sitting up.
(b) Standing.
(c) With a blanket over his head.
(d) In his clothes.

3. What article of the Criminal Code defined political prisoners?
(a) 14.
(b) 67.
(c) 114.
(d) 58.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose job was it to run the bathhouse and disinfect clothes at the work camps?

2. What did Pesniakevich's mother own in Minsk? ("Prosthetic Appliances.")

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

4. Where did the convicts spend the night in "My First Tooth"?

5. What did Seva refuse to play cards for? ("On Tick.")

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