View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the narrator refuse to give up at the end of "Prosthetic Appliances"?
(a) His leg.
(b) His hand.
(c) His coat.
(d) His soul.

2. What appeared on a tree stump at the end of "Sententious"?
(a) A clean pair of underware.
(b) A pint of vodka.
(c) A pouch of tobacco.
(d) A record-player.

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

4. What did the narrator claim was the last human emotion? ("Sententious.")
(a) Love.
(b) Fear.
(c) Bitterness.
(d) Hate.

5. What month was it in the opening of "My First Tooth"?
(a) June.
(b) October.
(c) April.
(d) August.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color was the notebook that the men found in "A Child's Drawing"?

2. In "A Pushover Job," which northern tree did the narrator state that he loved the most?

3. What did the narrator claim was a "special joy for a convict"? ("Dry Rations")

4. What did Golubev's boss rely on to choose workers to stay at his camp?( "Magic.")

5. What did Nikishov claim was different about Kolyma? ("Chief of Political Control.")

(see the answer key)

This section contains 234 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample